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JOUENAL

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MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD

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IRELAND.

VOLUME VII.

BEING FOR THE YEARS

'1907-08-09.

DUBLIN:

FEINTED FOE THE ASSOCIATION

[For Subscribers only.'}

1910.

1 786500

JOURNAL

OF THE

ASSOCIATION

FOR THE

preservation of tljc jtatorials of tlje 33tat>,
\ Xretanfc,

1907.

VOL. VII. No. 2. — PART I.

DUBLIN :
PRINTED AT THE CNIYEKSITY PRF.:
BY PONSONBY AND GIBBS.

VOL. VII

No. 2. of PART I

ASSOCIATION

FOR TFIE

JOURNAL FOR THE YEAH 1 9 07.

COMMITTEE OF
CANON J. F. M. FFRENCH, M.E.I. A.
! '• (/TEE FITZGERALD, M.R.I. A., Editor
! v 0 LEARI, P.P., M.R.S.A.L

ro MMITTE E OF 21 AN A GEM EN T :

E R. M'GLINTOCK DIX, ESQ., Hon. Treas.
SIR EDMUND T. BEWLEY, LL.D., F.S.A.
PEIRCE G. MAHONY, M.E.I.A.fCorkBeraldof Am*.

PREFACE.

*1N presenting to our members the two half-yearh- parts of
+ our Journal for 1907, we wish to draw their attention to
the following matters.

During the past year we are glad to say that the following
have become members of our Association : —

His Grace The Most Rev. William J. "Walsh, d.d., m.r.i.a.,
Lord Archbishop of Dublin ; The Most Rev. Nicholas Donnelly,
d.d., m.r.i. a., Lord Bishop of Canea ; Guillamore OGrady, m.a. ;
The Dublin Corporation (for Kevin Street Library) ; The
New York State Library; E. C. E. Armstrong, m.r.i. a. ;
C. H. Thompson, m.d. ; The New York Historical Society ;
George Fogerty, m.d.; Major MacGillycuddy ; H. S. Guinness,
Esq. ; J. D. Hackett, Esq. ; J. D. Crimmins, Esq. ; Raymond
Gorges, Esq. ; The Royal Dublin Society ; F. A. Crisp, Esq. ;
Miss F. Mary Marlande ; Sir Maurice Dockrell ; Mrs. Mahony,
Major T. J. Chamberlayne ; F. E. Ball, m.r.i.a. ; Rev. T.
Gogerty, c.c. ; Mrs. Lecky ; T. U. Sadleir, Esq.; Messrs. S. E.
Stechert and Co. ; Rev. J. Meehan, c.c. ; His Excellency The
< >Neill, Count of Tyrone ; The Manchester Reference Library ;
The Reform Club, London ; Mrs. Travers ; James Mills, m.r.i.a. ;
Miss Shuckburgh ; The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ;
>• A. Quan-Smith, Esq. ; C. A. Bernau, Esq. ; E. M. F. G.
Huyle, Esq.

It is with much regret that we have to announce the death
<*f an old and valued member— The Reverend Luke Barton,
of Castletown-Geoghegan, Mullingar, who was deeply
interested in our work.

Our membership now stands at 184, being an increase of 28
u compared with our numbers for the year 1906.

It may not be out of place to state, for the benefit of our
new members, the objects , of our Association, which are as
follows : —

I. — To endeavour to rouse the attention of the Clergy and

Laity to the present generally very disgraceful state
of the burial- grounds in Ireland, and to enlist
sympathy and active aid in getting them into better
order, and enclosed, where the if require it ; to strive to
have them preserved and protected, and treated with the
respect and veneitttron due t<> them.

II.— To secure a record of all existing tombs
and monuments of any interest — by having
their inscriptions carefully and accurately copied ; and
to obtain information, as far as possible, regarding
those that have been removed or destroyed.

III. — To watch earefidhi works carried on in, and about,

churches, &c, so as to prevent injury to
monuments and tombstones.

IV. — To repair tombs of National interest where

the present representatives of the deceased are not in a
position to do so, and when the funds admit of it — as
has been done in the case of Richard Millikin's tomb-
stone at Douglas, Co. Cork (the author of <<r The Groves
of Blarney ") and several other tombs.

V. — To print a half-yearly Journal, with illus-

trations and copies of inscriptions, and also such
other matter connected with the Ancient Memorials of
the dead in this country as may be thought desirable.

VI. — The printing of extracts of interest from chapter-books,

parochial and other registers and records, is thought
very desirable ; and the Clergy are earnestly
requested to furnish them, as well as any
other information they can give connected with their
churches and parishes, and used and disused burial-
grounds.

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VIL— Accounts of ancient fonts, bells, church plate,

and memorial glass, are also requested, with sketches,
photographs, or rubbings ; and copies of inscriptions
and "Hall-marks" thereon.

A new circular, showing the utility of the Journal to those
interested in the Genealogy, Heraldry, and Archaeology of
Ireland, was issued during the past year, and met with a good
response.

Reviews of the Journal for 1906 are very gratifying : and we
take this opportunity of thanking the Editors of the respective
publications for their kind efforts on our behalf, and for drawing
the attention of their readers to our Journal.

The following are the Reviews that have appeared : —
11 The Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica," Fourth Series,
vol. ii, part 5, page 219, March, 1907.

"We have been favoured by The Cork Herald with the two parts of
the 1 Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials
of the Dead in Ireland ' for 190G. and are agreeably surprised at the
excellent selection of memorials gathered together, illustrated as the
parts are with plate engravings, making each worthy of general
support. We fear that the Society for Preserving. Memorials of the
Dead in England has died out, as we contributed some years ago,
t at the request of the Committee, a paper on Dibdin's Grave in the
churchyard attached to the almshouses of St. Martin's in the Fields,
which were built from the money paid when the present National
Gallery was erected. We found this square tomb in excellent order,
surrounded on each side by quotations from the song of 4 Tom
Bowling,' and ascertained that it was by the loving care of a.
granddaughter that it was in such good repair.

" The first part of these memorials in Ireland has the full
inscription on the monument to Dean Swift, and also that to
4 Stella,' otherwise Hester Johnson, who was so celebrated in the
writings of the witty Dean. He died in 1715, and she in January,
1727-8, and to the support of a chaplain to the hospital in Dublin
she left £1,000. The plates interspersed comprise the splendid
tomb of Sir Donat O'Brien in Kilnasoolagh Church, in County
Clare, a fine view of Hillsborough Church. County Down, the tomb
of Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin. 1605-61, besides several
l-age rubbings, all well done. Part II has fourteen illustrations,
mostly rubbings, besides the title and index for vol. vi, and it is
Issued to subscribers at 10s. per annum. The work has our strongest
^commendations. Vols, i, ii, and iii are already out of print."

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"The Genealogist," New Series, vol. xxiii, part 4, page 269,
April, 1907.

" The good work which is being accomplished in Ireland in
preserving the Memorials of the Dead is but little known in this
country, and we therefore all the more gladly call attention to the
publications of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials
of the Dead. Part I is especially noteworthy as containing the
monumental inscriptions of St. Patrick'- Cathedral, Dublin, prior
to 1840, which have been contributed by the Dean. Among the
older monuments are the brasses to Sir Edward Fit ton and his wife;.
Robert Sutton, Demi, 1527-1528, and Geoffrey Fyche, who held the
same ohices. 1 -~20-l C»:)7 : Sir Henry "Wallop, who died in Dublin in
1559, after having rendered service to the English Crown as Lord
Justice and in other capacities ; and the effigy of Michael Tregury,
Archbishop of Dublin, 1-1-19-72, which lias been reproduced from a
sketch preserved in the cathedral archives. Another interesting
monument is that of Dame Mary St. Leger (died 1G03), wife of Sir
x\nthony St. Leger, who was her fourth husband. Of the later
inscriptions the most important are, of course, those to Swift and
Stella. Part II consists of inscriptions in many churches and
churchyards in several Irish counties. The contributors include
such well-known and enthusiastic antiquaries as Sir Edmund
Bewlev, and the energetic and capable Editor, Lord Walter Fitz-
Gerald."

" The Antiquary," Xew Series, vol. iii, No. 5, May, 1907.

" We have received the two parts for 190G (vol. vi, Xo. 3, parts
I and II) of the ' Journal of the Association for the Preservation of
the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland.' The Association was founded
some years ago with the object of urging the better care of Irish
burial-grounds, and of recording all existing tombs and monuments
of any interest, with accurate copies of their inscriptions, and for
other kindred purposes. It is clear from the two well-printed parts
of the Journal before us that the Association is doing excellent work.
There are many illustrations of arms, with careful descriptions, and
also of important or specially interesting tombs. With regard to
the value of the inscriptions, it has to be remembered that, owing to
the absence of early parish registers in Ireland, except in Dublin,
these inscriptions are often the only means of tracing pedigrees.
The Journal is thus of special value to students of Irish genealogy
and heraldry. In the parts before us we note especially a complete
collection of the monumental inscriptions, prior to the year 1810, in
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, copied by the Dean last year, and
containing many famous names ; an illustration of a very interes-
ting sixteenth-century heraldic mural slab in Lyons Churchyard,
carefully described by Lord Walter FitzGerald; and another of a

seventeenth-century heraldic and inscribed slab in a fragmentary
condition in the nave of the ruined church at Balsoon, County Meath.
The Association clearly deserves the support not only of Irish
antiquaries, but of all interested in Irish genealogy and heraldry.
Particulars can be obtained of Mr. E. E. M'C. Dix, 17 Kildare
Street, Dublin."

" The Drogheda Argus/' June 15, 1907 : —

" The Society for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
1 >ead deserves to be better known. Its purpose is to preserve from
the oblivion that is fast enshrouding them all the inscriptions and
memorial* of the dead that are to be found upon the mouldering
• 'Uibstones in the neglected graveyards and ancient churches of the
i iuitry. Careful hands are invited to photograph or otherwise
faithfully copy every interesting memory of the forgotten dead,
and to send them in to be placed in permanent printed form in the
pages of the Journal of the Society. We find in the six volumes
of the Journal sl most interesting and valuable collection of records.
In most cases the inscriptions are given just as they occur,
curiosities in spelling and in lettering being faithfully reproduced.
The volumes are copiously illustrated, and several photographs of
most interesting character of tombstones, coats-of-arms, and
inscriptions are given. It is to be regretted that the county of
Louth yet lacks its due share of recognition. The members of the
Society from this county are very few, indeed, although no county
is richer, we believe, in the ancient and interesting memorials of
the long-forgotten dead than ours. The Journal's existence is
practically unknown amongst us, and its merits blush unseen. We
would, therefore, exhort those who-are interested in the Memorials
of our Dead to purchase this Journal, and to see how very easily the
inscriptions may bo preserved whose loss everyone interested in the
history of our county would deplore. The work of the Society needs
only to be seen to be appreciated. The Society is wishful to excite
the interest of all antiquaries ; it would be the better of still greater
financial support. We hope that some of the Archaeological Society
will become members of this Society, and contribute to the Journal.
ihe inscriptions and memorials of the dead are crying out for some
band to save them, and it is in the power of the antiquaries to do
that easy work well. For further information regarding the Society
jnd its Journal we recommend our readers to communicate with

R. M'Clintock Dix, Esq., of Kildare Street, Dublin."

" Notes and Queries," No. 189, Tenth Series, page 118,
*0th August, 1907 :—

"We are glad to commend to our readers a society which does
fxcellent and much-needed work in Ireland. Tombstones and
s'iH-riptions do not there receive so much attention as in England.

The Association records many things which are no longer hi situ, or
have been totally obliterated and lost. Its first three volumes are
all out of print and eagerly sought after. Reports are given here
by counties, with notes and illustrations of the most important
inscriptions. The Tighe mural slab (1678) at St. Michan's is an
instance of a record which is now almost undecipherable, and .was
only traced by means of a copy of it made many years ago by a
member of the family. Under St. Patrick's Cathedral Swift's
terrible epitaph is quoted, with that of Stella* and Swift's servant,
Alexander M'Gee. But everywhere the intelligent reader will find
matter of interest, while the expert* will acknowledge the careful
scholarship of the Comieittee and its Editor, Lord "Walter FitzGerald.
The Association's funds 'do no: allow of paid hands'; but they
have subscribers scattered all over the country, and they deserve the
support of English antiquaries. Their object is not only to record
inscriptions, but also to prevent injury to them, to repair them care-
fully where they are of national interest, and to print extracts from
chapter books and registers. The journals are issued free to their
subscribers, whose number ought to be mcreased. The Hon.
Treasurer is a learned contributor to ' Notes and Queries,' Mr.
E. R. M'C. Dix, of 17 Kildare Street, Dublin."

A reply to this review was sent to " Notes and Queries," and
was inserted in No. 194, Tenth Series, page 201, . September
14th, and was as follows : —

" In the review of the 'Journal of the Association for the Preser-
vation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland ' (ante, p. 118) you
state that tombstones and inscriptions do not receive so much
attention in Ireland as in England.

" I. understand that a society is being formed in England for
recording inscriptions on tombstones and tablets. It would appear
from extracts printed in the first volume of the Journal of the Irish
Association, and taken from the ' Journal of the National Society
for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in England ' (a
society no longer in existence), that the need for such a society is
greater than would be supposed, as the following extracts will
show : —

" 4 Two tons of brasses from Hereford Cathedral sold to a
brazier/

" 1 Ancient tombstones at Much Dewchurch found forming
the floor of the rectory stable.'
" The same thing at Farnham.

" 8 At Pur ton Church the scullery floor of the vicarage laid
with memorial slabs removed from the church.'

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" At Nantwich, Cheshire, the particulars of ' the shameful
destruction ' of monumental inscriptions fill ten pages quarto.

"At Bowden, Cheshire, tombstones were found in the old
vicarage (now a private residence).

" At Chew Magna, Somerset, ' a late vicar had tombstones taken
from the churchyard to pave his coach-house.'

"At Peterborough a font was broken up to ' mend the roads,'
and another was found in a stableyard.

"At Bishop Canning Church ancient monumental slabs have
been ' buried under modern tiles.'

"At Horsham, Sussex, fifteenth-century brasses and other church
things were found in the possession of a late vicar.

" In Herefordshire £a beautiful incised slab was recovered from
a stonemason's yard who was just about to break it up.'

" The two following cases in England came under my own
notice : —

"1. A church font which had been presented by the congregation
was removed without a faculty and a new font erected. The old font
was given away to a builder.

"2. An ancient font was removed from a church and replaced by
a modern one. The old font was put in the churchyard.

" In the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries ( Second
Series, vol. xx, p. -A) Mr. J. Challenor Smith, f.s.a., gives an
interesting account of the monumental brass of John Moore, dated
1597, in York Minster, that had been turned into a weathercock,
and was found by him in a corner of the vestry."

"Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland,"
vol. xxxvii, page 311, September, 1907.

" It is some time since the publications of The Association
for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland were
reviewed in the pages of our Journal ; and as another volume —
the sixth of its series — has now been completed, it seems an
appropriate time to bring the periodical once again under the
notice of the members of our Society.

"Founded some years since by Colonel P. D. Vigors, whose
name and enthusiasm in the cause will ever remain closely asso-
ciated with its inception and progress, the Journal has steadily
held on its way. The lamented death of Colonel Vigors only
served to inspire his colleagues with more zeal and determination
to make the publication worthy of the cause ; and now, under the
able editorship of Lord Walter FitzGerald, with the skilled assist-
ance of Canon ffrench, Sir Edmund Bewley, and Mr. E. B.
M'C. Dix, the Journal continues to hold its own, notwithstanding a
paucity of subscribers, and the apathy and neglect of many who
might well be expected to contribute to its pages.

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" The labours of Rev. E. S. Maffett, Mrs. Long, and Sir Edmund
Bewley have done much to enrich its pages ;. and the Very Rev. the
Dean of St. Patrick's, in the present volume, supplies copies of the
, inscriptions on the monuments and tombs under his care in the
Cathedral. Nor must the name of Mr. J. F. Fuller, whose contri-
butions are always welcome and valuable, be omitted.

" It is a subject of reproach that many of the Irish counties
are still practically unrepresented in the long series of numbers of
this Journal, and hundreds of ancient graveyards containing
valuable monuments are yet unvisited.

{; We would earnestly impress on ail interested in the preserva-
tion of Memorials of the Dead the absolute necessity of system.
The haphazard method frequently adopted cannot work satisfac-
torily ; but if the Committee of the Society were able to command
a band of voluntary workers in certain definite centres, who
would undertake to labour systematically in their various
districts, under proper supervision and direction, and forward
copies of inscriptions to headquarters at regular intervals, the
work of editing and producing the Journal would be con-
siderably lightened. Local antiquaries might easily find workers
willing to undertake such work; and it should be a common sight
to see our old burial-places invaded during the spring and summer
months by bands of workers in search of inscriptions suitable for
reproduction in the Journal. In this connexion it may be observed
that many of the inscriptions which have already appeared are of
too recent a date. It would be well that nothing of a later date
than, say, 1820, should be admissible.

"An illustration of the Hacket and Kokel slab, dated 150S. in
Fethard Church, County Tipperary. which appeared facing p. 145
of the 'Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead' for 1904, is reproduced here, and it will
readily be conceded that the work is admirably executed. We
■ think this Journal well worthy of the practical support of our
members."

We also beg to thank the Editor of the Bdfast Xeus-Lcttcr
and the Editor of the Kerry Evening Post for their kind notices
of our Association.

A new feature of this year's Journal is the publication of the
Funeral Certificates contained in the original manuscript volume
at present in the British Museum.

We think it will be of intciest to our readers to have
a short narrative of the origin and development of Funeral
Certificates.

The following history has been compiled from an able and

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interesting account of Funeral Certificates in " The Eight to
Bear Arms,"* by "X," and from other sources.

It was after the death of Bartholomew Butler, the first Ulster
King of Arms, in the year 1566 (who was succeeded in the
following year by Nicholas Narbon), that a new method for
preserving pedigrees by means of funeral certificates was adopted
in England. Heraldry was fast losing its strictly military im-
portance, owing to the gradual decay of the feudal system,
together with the adoption of altered weapons and methods of
warfare. But it had become customary to conduct funerals with
a considerable amount of heraldic pomp. The armorial bearings
of the deceased were depicted on escutcheons attached to the
bier, and in the case of those of high rank upon banners and
banner-rolls borne by friends and relatives of the dead. Hence
the Officers of Arms were required to attend at funerals for the
purpose of seeing that arms were not improperly assumed by
those who had no right to them, as well as for the purpose of
marshalling the funeral procession.

In the Heralds' College in England there are books of entries
of funeral certificates of the nobility and gentry, being attested
accounts of the time of death, place of burial, and of the mar-
riages and issue (and frequently the collateral branches) of the
several persons whose funerals were attended by the Officers of
Arms or their deputies. These books refer to the same period
of time as the Visitations. There are also some certificates
which have been entered within recent times.

The title of the documents described as Funeral Certificates
denotes the occasion of their production and the information
they contain. The conclusion of a life seems to suggest some
inquiry into its history; and the desceut of a man, the alliances
he has formed, and the posterity he leaves, have generally
engaged attention.

The Armorial Bearings of the deceased are generally depicted
in these Funeral Certificates, and the particulars are so full and
authentic, that they are of great value, to those families whose
ancestors are recorded in them.

* Published by Elliot Stock, London. Second Edition.

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The nature and authority of these records were thoroughly
investigated m the FitzGerald claim to the barony of Roos, from
the evidence in which case the following statement is chiefly
taken. In 156S the Earl Marshal of England issued certain
orders to the Officers of Arms of England, amongst which was
the following regulation with respect to funeral certificates : —
"Item. It is ordered and decreed by the said Earl Marshal,
that every King of Arms, Herald, or Pursuivant that shall serve
at any funeral shall bring into the Library or Office of Arms a
true and certain Certificate under the hands of the Executors
and Mourners that shall be present at the said Funeral, con-
taining the day of the Death and the place of the Burial of the
person so deceased. And also whom he or she married, what issue
they had, what years they were of at the time of the said Burial,
to the intent that the said Certificate may be registered, and so
remain as a perpetual record in the said Office. "

In pursuance of this order, the certificates were registered in
books. It sometimes happened that the representatives or
others of the family of the deceased have come to the office after
the registration has been made, and have put their names to the
registration. Previously to the year 1674, the original certifi-
cates were not preserved ; but since that year they have generally
been retained by the College.

When Heraldic influence began to decline, these funeral
certificates were also neglected.

Attempts were made at different times to procure Acts of
Parliament for recording the descent of the nobility and gentry,
but without success. In the 6 & 7 Win. & M., however, a bill
of that description, in the shape of a money bill, was passed.

By section 50 (4), for the better preserving the genealogies,
descent, and alliances of the nobility and gentry, it was enacted
that upon the burial of every person charged with the duty of
20s. by that Act (except such as were charged only in respect of
their having £50 per annum in real estate, or £600 personal
estate) the party liable to pay the said duty should deliver to the
collector appointed by that Act a certificate in writing under his
or her hand and seal, engrossed on parchment or otherwise,
expressing the name, surname, title, quality, office, and employ-

ment (if any) of such deceased person, with the age, time of
death, place of burial, marriages and issue; and the ages of such
issue, together with the names, surnames, titles, and qualities of
the parents of such deceased persons, which certificates shall he
transmitted to the receiver-general, his deputy or deputies, who
shall deliver them to the King's Heralds and Pursuivants of
Arms. And the said Officers of Arms shall thereupon forthwith
number, schedule, and digest the same in alphabetical order in
books to be provided for that purpose, and shall fill up the
originals in the College of Arms for public use, and shall be
answerable for the keeping thereof without any fee or reward for
so doing.

As might have been expected, the last provision of this
clause was fatal to its efficiency. It was, in fact, never carried
into effect, and the Act itself expired on the 1st of August, 1706.

Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, in his
book on " Heraldry in relation to Scottish History and Art,"*
states that disagreeable experiences frequently fell to the lot of
Heralds in the discharge of their duty, and gives as an example
an extract from the diary of a Herald describing his adventures
at a funeral a century and a half ago, as follows : —

" Saturday, about 12 o'clock, died Dame Katherine Campbell,
daughter of the Lord Cardross, and spouse to Daniel Campbell, of
Shawfield, Esq., in a good old age. She was entered in the kirk of
Bothwellon the Fryday following, being the 29th of July, 1752.
There were at the burial the gardner on horseback, six batonmen,
a led mourning horse, the butler and other three principal servants,
as gentlemen ushers, bareheaded; the hearse with a drest pall,
drawn by six drest horses; Mr. Norie and Mr. Dulap on each side;
Shawfield's coach and six, the Earl of Buchan's chaise, Earl of
Glencairn's, Sir William Bairns, and two others; the rest of the
company to the number of 200 on horseback, three and three; the
grieve in deep mourning, followed by all the tenants, two and two;
and last of all, the servantry of the nobility and gentry that were
there, two and two. Wednesday the 22nd, I ordered the escutcheon
to be put up on the front of the house there to remain, That night
I lay in a house at the entry head in a very ill bed which deter-
mined me to sit up the night following. Fryday morning I went
to Botliwell and put up another escutcheon on the outside of the

* Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1900.

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church above the door. I came back to WoodhaU and drest the
hearse and horses. In the afternoon I went along with the burial
to Bothwell and gave direction for taking in the escutcheon from
the outside and placing it in a convenient place within the kirk.
The eight pheons which were on the hearse were placed round it.
At night I was obliged to hire a horse for Hamilton, but just as I
was entering the town the horse fell with me and bruised me so
much that it was Tuesday before I was able to work well."

This incident shows clearly the kind of tasks which a Herald
was expected to perform, and that the ordering of funerals was
one of the most important duties which devolved on them ; and
that though to our modern ideas the show and bravery which at
one time accompanied these functions seem now out of place,
yet in former days no one who professed the least respect for
their relatives ever thought of consigning their remains to the
dust without making it an occasion for as much display as their
means permitted, and often more.

The ordinary arrangement of the funeral of a nobleman or
gentleman in Scotland was as follows : —

First was carried the ' ' little gumpheon M (gonfalon) with a
morthead painted on it ; then came as many poor men or
" saulies " as corresponded with the number of years of the
defunct, carrying small flags with the family arms painted on
them ; then a servant with a banner of the livery colours, and
another with a large standard bearing his master's full armorial
achievement. This was followed by another morthead called
the " honourable gumpheon." Then the arms of the following
families were carried by eight gentlemen representing the
" branches," on the paternal and maternal lines, i.e., father,
father's mother, father's father's mother, father's mother's
motber, mother, mother's mother, mother's father's mother,
mother's mother's mother. Occasionally sixteen, instead of
eight, branches were represented. The hearse and pall were
also not infrequently adorned with shields of arms.

The last great heraldic funeral which took place in Edin-
burgh was that of the Provost Alexander Kincaid, who died 21st
January, 1777. The senior herald broke his lordship's rod of
office over the coffin, saying, " Thus hath it pleased Almighty
God to remove from this life to a better our worthy Chief

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Magistrate, the Right Honourable Alexander Kincaid, Lord
Provost of this city, representative of the family of Bantaskine."

The modern practice of the House of Lords, regulating the
admission of Funeral Certificates, seems to be analogous to that
which prevails with respect to visitations. The Earl Marshal's
order, being the authority under which they were made, is first
proved, and then the certificate is allowed to be put in. This
was the course followed in the Roos case, and on subsequent
occasions.

It has been stated that all the certificates now in the
Heralds' College are not originals; and it seems to have been
doubted whether such as are not original can be received in
evidence. Absolute proof of their originality was apparently not
required in the earlier cases.

In the Howard de Walden Peerage case in 1784, an ancient
book of funeral certificates, believed to be an original, as in one
of the pages it was signed by the Earl of Suffolk, was produced
and received in evidence, to prove the death of the first Earl of
Suffolk in 1G27..

The certificate in this case may have been the original return ;
but the same book was afterwards tendered in evidence in the
Pioos case, from the proceedings in which it was apparent that
some of the certificates registered in that volume were not
originals.

In the last-mentioned case, counsel stated they would prove
a further part of the pedigree by the Heralds' funeral certificate
of Philip, Earl of Pembroke, taken in the year 1G49 ; and having
first produced the original deed under the hand and seal of
the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England in 1568,
establishing certain orders for the regulation of the Officers
of Arms, under which such certificates were taken, a book
entitled 4 ' Funeral Certificates of the Nobility" was produced.
It was objected to by counsel, as not being the original
certificate ; and although it was stated to have been produced
before the House in several previous cases, the receiving
of it as evidence was postponed, until a volume of funeral
certificates, and such original certificates as remained in
the Heralds' College, were produced. On a subsequent day,

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counsel having produced a partition book of the Heralds
containing an account of the partition of all the fees divided
between the Heralds on occasion (inter alia) of funerals, wherein
was entered the partition of fees on the funeral certificates
proposed to be read, and having produced sueh originals of
funeral certificates as remained in the Heralds' Office, and shown
that they were correctly registered in the book offered in
evidence, the counsel was informed that, upon the facts proved,
the book intituled " Funeral Certificates of the Nobility 91 might
be read, for the purpose for which it was offered in evidence, the
Attorney- General not objecting thereto.

On another occasion also a book of Funeral Certificates was
proved. It was stated by the counsel that the originals were
signed by the relations of the deceased, and they were then
copied into the book then tendered ; that the book itself was not
signed, and that the originals remained in the College of Arms.
The book was admitted. If it is proved that search has been
made for the originals without success, the copies can then be
put in evidence.

From what took place in the Braye Peerage case, it seems to
have been sometimes considered that the admissibility of funeral
certificates depends on their bearing the signature of relations of
the deceased. In the Yaux case, however, the objection was
made that the signature of executors or relations was wanting,
but afterwards the certificate was received as an official document
taken by those whose duty it was to make it up.

These certificates may be given in evidence to prove, not
only the deaths of the persons on whose funerals they were
made, but also the other matters of pedigree stated in them.
Perhaps the true distinction to be taken in requiring proof of
the signatures is, that where the death of the individual is the
subject of proof, the certificate is of itself good evidence, as an
official statement of a fact within the immediate cognizance of
the officer who returns it ; but where, as in the Clinton case, the
certificate is put in to show matters of pedigree, as marriage or
issue, which could not be supposed to be within the personal
knowledge of the officer, the signature of some person connected
with the family is necessary to attest its truth.

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In Ireland, owing to the absence of other armorial records,
funeral certificates form a most important series of records.
Immediately upon Narbon's appointment, the following order
was made by the Lord Deputy and Privy Council for regulating
the use of arms and the conduct of funerals : —

" To all noble estates and gentle, as well spiritual as temporal,
of what estate, degree, or condition soever they be, or any of them
be, and to all maiors, portriffs, bayliffs, sonraignes, sheriffs, con-
stables, and other officers, ministers and subjects, greetings : —
Forasmuch as Nicholas Narbon, otherwise named Ulster, Principall
Herald and King of Arms of this realm of Ireland, intenteth to
repair into all parts of ye same to visit and oversee the arms, devises
and cognizances of all nobles and gentlemen, and if any default be
found in any their coat armour, standards, baners, pennons, or
cognizances, or other token of nobilitie and honour contrary to the
laudable usage of ye realm of England, he to reform the same in
such due order as to the Laws of Arms doth appertain, and to
correct all false armory and all such as without his consent do pre-
sume to bear arms or sign of nobility, except they be lineally
descended of blood and name from such their ancestors as by the
Laws of Arms they may of right bear and use. Also upon true
certificate to him made to register all the arms, descents, and mar-
riages of all nobles and gentlemen of this realm of Ireland ; and
also to reform all such as at interments or funerals use any other
maner, or wear gowns, hoods, or tippets above their estates or
degrees. And all those that shall disobey the same, to make
answer thereunto before the High Marshall of Ireland, and also to
see that no painter, graver, goldsmith, or any other artificer do set
forth or make or devise any new arms, or devise any cognizance
other than of antiquity appertaineth, without the appointment of
the said Ulster King of Arms or his lawful deputy within the said
realm of Ireland. We, therefore, not only will and require, but
also command you, and every of you, that unto ye Ulster King of
Arms, in the full execution of that his office belongeth, and so by
authority to him given by ye Queen's Majesty, by her Letters
Pattents, as appeareth, and that you do give and shew your lawfull
aid and assistance when he shall require you, as you will answear
to ye contrary."

Under this Order Narbon held twelve Visitations in the course
of the following six years. Unfortunately, the originals are lost,
and only a portion of those relating to the County and City of
Dublin and the surrounding counties remain. Those for Cork
and Limerick, which he is recorded to have taken, are missing.

Although there is no record of a Visitation having been held for
Kilkenny, there are some grounds for supposing that one was
held. Only about a dozen funeral certificates taken by Xarbon
are now kuown to exist, and they all relate to persons belonging
to Dublin. He held office for over twenty years, and resigned
in 1588. His successor was Christopher Ussher, Uncle to the
famous Archbishop. Hardly any of his official acts are on
record during the nine years he was in office. On his death, in
July, 1507, he was succeeded by Daniel Molyneux, who held
office for thirty-five years. He was an eminent antiquary, and
has left behind him several collections of historical notes, chiefly
relating to the monastic establishments in Ireland, besides notes
of pedigrees of many families. These are now among the USS.
in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. During his time he
appears to have attended to the proper discharge of the duties
of his office. He held Visitations for the City and County of
Dublin, and also for the County of Wexford. But the difficul-
ties he had to contend with through unauthorized persons taking
upon themselves to emblazon arms for the nobility and gentry,
as well as from the neglect of funeral ceremonies, are shown by
the following letter from His Majesty, dated at Westminster,
7th April, 1627 :—

The King to Lord Viscount Falkland, Deputy General. —

" Eight trusty and well-beloved cousin and counsellor, we greet
you well. Whereas, complaints hath been exhibited to us by our
well-beloved servant, Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms and
Principal Herald of that our realm of Ireland, of divers and sundry
abuses and disorders concerning Arms and Armory there, occasioned
partly through the boldness of some mechanical persons who
presume to set forth Arms for the nobility and gentry without
direction from him, being the proper officer appointed to attend
that service, and partly through the nobility and gentry themselves,
who have of late, as we are informed, wholly, in a manner, laid
aside all funeral rights and ceremonies; we could not but take the
same into our princely consideration, as a matter requiring speedy
redress and reformation, as well in regard of the nobility and gentry
themselves whom so deeply in honour it concerneth, and whose
houses cannot but in a short time grow into many perplexities and
confused disorders in their Arms and pedigrees if all use of Arms
be laid aside at obsequies and funerals, and no entry made of the

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day of their decease, matches, and issues; as likewise in regard of
our servant, a chief part of whose maintenance and livelihood
ariseth from such fees and perquisites as usually grow due at
funerals and obsequies of the nobility and gentry, which doth the
rather fall into our consideration at this time when the several
ranks of nobility are increased in that our kingdom, and a new
dignity of baronet there settled, it seemed a thing very dispropor-
tionate that our civility and the number of noblemen of all degrees
being enlarged, and a new dignity of honour being also added, that
the King of Arms or Herald, who is the officer of honour, should
not likewise increase in matter of respect and profit, at least not to
be in worse respect and meaner state than before. Our pleasure is
therefore, and we do hereby require and authorize you, that taking
to your assistance such of the nobility and of our Council there as
you shall think fit, you enter into consideration and set down a
course for redressing of the aforenamed abuses, taking for. yon r
direction therein an order or decree set forth in print by the Com-
missioners of the Earl Marshal's office for reforming of the like
enormities in this our kingdom of England, dated the 10th day of
November in the sixteenth year of our late dear father's reign,
laying down some such course and order for the redress of the
former enormities, and for the support of our officers of Arms there,
as shall be thought fit and reasonable to stand with the state and
condition of that our Kingdom, with proviso that he have satisfac-
tion for such funerals of the lords, knights, and others of eminent
place and quality as of late have not made use of tiiis office ; wdiieh
course and order we require and authorize you for the present, and
all other our chief governor or governors of that our Kealm, to see
duly executed from time to time as occasion shall be offered here-
after; and for the better preventing of many disorders and in-
conveniences for the time to come, and to the end that the
genealogies and pedigrees of the nobility and gentry, for the
furtherance and advancing of our service as occasion shall be
offered hereafter, may be more ready and in better order than
heretofore they have been. Our further pleasure is, and we do-
herejry require and authorize you to see our servant countenanced
and furthered in the execution of a Commission of Heralds' Visita-
tion throughout the several p]aces and quarters of that our
kingdom; and if any whom it shall concern be backward or refrac-
tory-against the due execution of the forenamed Commission, our
pleasure is that you take special notice of them, hereby requiring
and authorizing you to use such means as in anywise they be made
obedient to this our command and pleasure to you signified in that
behalf."

Richard St. George resigned the office of Ulster King of
Arms in 1683, and Richard Carney was appointed to succeed

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him. The following year he was knighted, being the first
Ulster who received that honour. He died 1692, and with him
the practice of entering funeral certificates almost entirely
ceased. This was chiefly owing to the custom of using armorial
ensigns at funerals being gradually abandoned.

The fees payable to the Officer of Arms were regulated
by the rank of the deceased person, and by the Officers of Arms
being personally in attendance at the funeral. The fee for
a gentleman was £3, which is the fee now fixed for making a
funeral entry in the Office of Arms in Ireland. When the
arms of the deceased persons are entered, the right of his
descendants to these arms is established. When no arms are
entered, it is presumed that the right to arms was not proved.

An Order of the Irish House of Lords of the 12th August,
1707, states that immediately after the decease of any nobleman
or noblewoman, their heirs or executors should make an entry
in the King of Arms' Office of the death of such lord or lady,
with the matches and issues of their family. The order is as
follows : —

" The Lord Viscount Strabane, standing at the Clerk's Table,
reports from the Committee appointed to consider of the Petition of
William Hawkins, Esq., Ulster King of Arms of All Ireland, that
they met, and directed him to report :

" That it is the opinion of the said Committee that it will be for
the service of the Peerage of this Kingdom, that immediately after
the decease of any nobleman or noblewoman, by patent or descent,
their heirs or executors should make an entry in the King of Arms'
Office of the death of such lord or lady, with the matches and
issues of their family.

" The said Committee is further humbly of opinion that the fees
for th*&*entering the arms, time of decease, and place of burial,
together with the matches and issues of the families of any noble-
man or noblewoman of this kingdom, by patent or descent, ought
to be according to the following list, and paid by the heirs or
executors of the deceased person :

For a Baron or Baroness ... ... £6 5 0

A Bishop ... ... ... ... 6 5 0

A Viscount or Viscountess ... ... 7 10 0

An Earl or Counters ... ... 8 15 0

A Marquis or Marchioness ... ... 10 0 0

A Duke or Duchess ... ... ... 11 5 0

An Archbishop ... ... ... 11 5 0

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" It is also the humble opinion of the said Committee, that the
foregoing resolutions should be added to the Standing Orders of
this House ; and that the Clerk of this House do give the King
of Arms an attested copy thereof.

'* Which is agreed to by this House.

M Ordered, on motion, that the foregoing resolutions from the
Committee, appointed to consider of the petition of William
Hawkins, Esq., Ulster King of Arms of all Ireland, be printed, and
that the Clerk of this House do cause the same to be done."

Examined copies of funeral entries in 1729 and 1750
expressed to be in pursuance of this order, were given in
evidence upon the claim of James Netterville to the dignity of
Viscount Netterville, in 1830. The latter document was not
signed by the Lord Netterville of that period ; this being pointed
out, it was proved that many funeral entries about that date
were not signed ; and an order of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
dated 1750, appointing a guardian to John Lord Netterville, was
put in, to show that he was at that time an infant about six
years old, which would well account for the absence of his
signature. The entry in question seems to have been admitted.
It is observable that both these entries were produced to prove
the marriages and issue of the subjects of them : in the latter
cat,:, the evidence was corroborated by the recitals in the Lord
Chancellor's order.

The funeral entries as described by the Record Commis-
sioners seem to be strictly official documents, prepared by the
Officers of Arms, in pursuance of their especial duty, and as
such admissible on the general principle. An examined copy of
an entry of this description was produced in the Netterville case,
from ihe Ulster Office of Arms in Dublin. The book from which
it was taken extended from the year 1633 to 1652. The entry
contained a statement of the death of Lady Netterville, in 1634,
and the number, names, and marriages of her children by Lord
Netterville, and was expressed to be signed by him and taken by
the Athlone Pursuivant of Arms, for the purpose of being
recorded in the Office of Ulster King of Arms.

It is our intention to give every year an article of general
interest; and for this year we have published "An Illustrated
Account of the Celebrated Vaults under St. Michan's Church,

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Dublin," by Sir Arthur Yicars, k.c.v.o., f.s.a., Ulster King of
Arms. ,

It is with regret that we have to state that no inscriptions
were received from the counties of Armagh, Donegal, Leitrim,
and Sligo.

If members interested in these counties would send us copies
of inscriptions, with photographs, rubbings, or drawings of any
that are of special interest, together with descriptions or illus-
trations of all arms inscribed (as arms found on tombstones or
tablets dating prior to 1800 are evidence for a confirmation of
arms), they would be very welcome.

We would draw special. attention to the appeal by our Editor
for more material, and trust that there will be a good response,*"
otherwise there must be only a yearly issue of the Journal,
instead of the half-yearly issue.

Our thanks are especially due to Miss Vigors, Mr. James
Coleman, Mr. C. M. Drury, Mrs. T. Long, the Rev. E. O'Leary,
p.p. ; Mrs. P. G. Mahony, the Rev. R. S. Maffett, Mr. J. R.
Garstin, Miss Norah Wright, Mr. T. U. Sadleir, the Rev. W.
Stewart (Monaghan), the Rev. H. L. L. Denny, Mr. James
Buckley, the Rev. Canon OMahony, the Yen. the Archdeacon
OLeary, p.p. ; and also to Messrs. Ponsonby & Gibbs for their
care in the printing of the Journwl, and to Messrs. Milford
Lewis for their reproductions of the different illustrations.

Written on behalf of the Committee by a new Member.

XXV

CONTENTS OF THE JOURNAL FOR 1907.

PAGE

Preface ... ... ... ... ... ... v

Contents ... ... ... ... ... ... xxv

List of Illustrations ... ... ... ... ... xxx

List of Subscribers .' ... ... ... ... xxxii

The Hon. Treasurer's Account for 1907 ... ...xxxix

Miscellanea ... ... ... ... ... 78

Notes and Queries, &o. ... ... ... 86, 220

Funeral Entries ... ... ... ... [Xj|25]

REPORTS FROM COUNTIES.

ANTRIM —

Axtrim Churchyard ... ... ... ... 1

Duxluce Churchyard ... ... .. ... 1

ARMAGH — AT«/.

CARLOW—

Clonmore Churchyard .... ... ... :. 2

Tinxaclash Graveyard ... ... ... ... 2

CAVAN—

Ballycoxxell Church ... ... ... ... 4

Belturbet Church ... ... ... 5

**4)ruxg Churchyard .... ... ... • •• 6

CLARE—

Dkomcliffe Churchyard ..." ... ... ... 6

CORK—

Aglisiidrinagh Churchvard ... ... ... 7

kllgullaxe churchyard ... ... ... 8

Killkagh Churchyard ... ... ... ... 11

Mogeely Churchyard ... ... ... ... 13

Moxaximy Churchyard ... ... ... ... 16

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DONEGAL— ML

DOWN—

Balligan Church

Banbridge Old Presbyterian Churchyard
Dowxpatrick Cathedral Burial- ground

LoUGHBRICKLAXD Cur-ECIIYARD

Magheeadeool Churchyap. I)

DUBLIN —

Baldoyle Old Churchyard
Clogheax Church
Cru.mlix Churchyard
Duplin, Trinity College ...
Drimnagh, or the Blue Bell Graveyard
Glasnevix Churchyard
Kill Old Churchyard
Lusk Catholic Church
Lusk Protestant Church and Burial-ground
Harold's Cross Church
Malahide Churchyard
Palmerstown Churchyard

PoRTIIARXOCK Old CHURCHYARD

St. John's Churchyard
St. Kevin's Old Churchyard
St. Paul's, North King Street
Swords Church axd Burial-ground
Tallaght Churchyard

FERMANAGH—

Aghavea Churchyard
Monea Churchyard

GALWAY—

Abbey Knockmoy

KERRY—

Ahnagragh Churchyard
Duagh Churchyard
Kilmurry Churchyard

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KILDARE—

Burtown Churchyard ... ... ... ... S9

Kilkea Castle ... ... ... ... ... 100

Leixlip Churchyard ... ... ... ... 101

Monasterevtn (Protestant) Churchyard ... ... 101

Passlands Churchyard (Moxasterevlx) .... ... 108

Timolix Churchyard ... ... ... ... 117

The Yew-Trke Churchyard (Monasterevix) ... 117

KILKENNY—

Granxagh (or Granny) Castle ... ... ... 120

Kilkenny, Franciscan Abbey ... ... ... 121

KING'S COUNTY—

Ardnurcher Church (see also under Westmeatb) ... 121

Droughtville Private Cemetery ... ... ... 121

Drumcullex Churchyard ... ... ... ... 1^2

Edenderry Church ... ... ... ... 123

LEITRiM — Xil.

LIMERICK-
LIMERICK Cathedral ... ... ... ... 124

„ ,, Burial-ground .. ... 185

„ St. Munchix's Churchyard ... ... 136

LONDONDERRY—

Derry Cathedral Burial-ground ... ... ... 136

LONGFORD—

Taghshixxy Churchyard ... ... ... ... 137

LOUT<y-

Castletowx Churchyard ... ... ... ... 138

Duxdalk, St. Nicholas's Church and Burial-ground ... 139

. MAYO—

Ballixrobe Churchyard ... ... ... ... 151

Crossboyne Church ... ... ... ... 153

MEATH —

Kilmore Churchyard ... ... .. ... 153

Rathmore ... ... ... ... ... 155

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MONAGH.AN —

Glaslougii Churchyard ... ... ... ... 157

Monaghan Church ... ... ... ... 163

Tedavnet Parish (Bellanode Church and Scotstown

Bridge) ... ... ... ... ... 16S

QUEEN S COUNTY—

Daxgans Churchyard ... ... ... ... 169

Killeny Churchyard ... ... ... ... 171

Shaen Burial-ground ... ... ... ... 172

Stradballv Church and Burial-ground ... ... 172

Tankardstown Churchyard ... ... ... 171

ROSCOMMON—

Cam Churchyard ... ... ... ... 174

SLIGO — Nil*

TIPPERARY—

Fethard Church and Burial-ground ... ... 175

Patrick's Well Church Ruins ... ... ... 180

Thurles Churchyard ... ... ... ... 181

TYRONE—

Castle Caulfield Church ... --• 183

DoNAGHMORE ... ... ... ... ... 184

TULLYNISKAN ... ... ... 187 (

WATERFORD—

Ardmore Church Ruins ... ... ... • •• 189

"Waterford Cathedral ... ... ... ... 189

French Church ... 190

WESTMEATH—

Ardnurcher Churchyard ^see also un ier King's Co.). ... 191

Kilbeggan Church ... ... ... ..191 #

Killulagh Churchyard ... ... ... .. 192

WEXFORD—

Ardcandisk Churchyard ... ... ... ... 192

Ballyconnor Castle ... ... ... .. 193

Kildayin Churchyard ... ... ... ••• 193

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WEXFORD— Continued.

PlERCESTOWN CATHOLIC ChURCH AND BURIAL-GROUND

Wexford, St. Iberius's (Protestant) Church

WICKLOW-

Bray, St. Paul's Churchyard
Carnew Church and Churchyard
Castletimox Churchyard ...
Delgany Churchyard

Old Churchyard
D unlay l\ Church
Nunscross Churchyard
powekscourt churchyard ...
Wicklow Church and Churchyard

106
198

199
201
208
209
210
212
212
212
218

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«3£

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. The Collingwood Arms

2. The Reilly Coat-of-Arms at Drung, Co. Cavan

3. Rubbing of the Inscription on the Dermont Slab at Lmsk

4. Rubbing of the Dermont Slab at Lusk, Co. Dublin

5. The Coats-of-Arms, &c, on the Maud Plunkett Altar-

tomb at Malahide

6. The Carmack, or McCormick, Coats-of-Arms in St. Kevin's

Old Churchyard, Dublin

7. Rubbing of the Inscription on the Blakeney Slab at

Swords, Co. Dublin

8. Effigy of a Bishop in St. Michan's Church, Dublin

9. One of the Vaults under St. Michan's Church, Dublin ...

10. The Coat-of-Arms and Inscription over the Doorway of

the Molyneux House in Peter Street, Dublin

11. Rubbing of the Inscription on the O'Coneannon Slab at

Abbey Knockmoy, Co. Galway

12. Portion of a Black-Letter Inscription on a Slab now at

Kilkea Castle, Co. Kildare

13. An Early Thirteenth-Century Effigy of a Knight at

Timolin, Co. Kildare

14. The Thomond Monument in Limerick Cathedral

15. The Arthur Mural Slab in Limerick Cathedral

16. The illegible portion of the Inscription on the Fox Slab

in Limerick Cathedral ...

17. Grotesquely carved Slab in Limerick Cathedral

18. The illegible portion of the Inscription on the Thomas

Creagh Slab in Limerick Cathedral

19. The Bultingfort and Galwey Monument in Limerick

Cathedral

20. A Sculptured Slab, and the Nugent Arms, at Ta^hshinny,

Co. Longford ...

21. Rubbing of the Feld Slab in St. Nicholas's Churchyard,

Dundalk ... ... ••• •••

22. Inscription on the Mortimer Slab in St. Nicholas's

Churchyard, Dundalk ...

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38
39

78
80

117
125
12G

127
128

129

184

188

143

147

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23. Rubbing of the illegible portion of the, Mortimer

Inscription ... ... ... ... ... 147

24. Rubbing of the Coat-of-Arms on the Mortimer Slab ... 148

25. Rubbing of the Rory "bui" MacMahon Slab at Kilmore,

County Meath ... ... ... ... 154

26. Sketch of the Leslie Slab at Glaslough, Co. Monaghan 157

27. Sketch of the Ancketill Slab in Monaghan Church ... 161

28. Castlecaulfield Church, Co. Tyrone ~ ... ... 183

29. Sketch of an unidentified Coat-of-Arms on a Stone in

Donaghmore House, Co. Tyrone ... ... ... 187

30. Rubbing of the Boyd Coat-of-Arms at Tullyniskan, Co.

Tyrone ..." ... ... ... ... 188

31. Rubbing of the Hurley Slab in the Franciscan Abbey (or

" the French Church "), AYaterford ... ... 190

32. Rubbing of the Hathorne Commemorative Slab in

Dunlavin Church, Co. Wicklow ... ... ... 212

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LIST OF MEMBERS FOR 190T.

[The names of " Life Members " are printed in " heavy-faced " type.']

A + prefixed to a name indicates that the subscriptions for the
years 1905, 1900, and 1907 are still due, a J that the subscriptions
for 1906 and 1907 are due.

Academy, The Royal Irish
Antiquities, National Museum of
Atkinson, The Ven. E. Dupre,

Archdeacon of Dromore
Armstrong, Edmund C. R.,

M.R.I. A.

Aylward, Mrs. Toler-

Bagwell, Mrs. Richard

Ball, F. Elriugton, m.r.i.a. ..

Barry, J. G., j.p.

Barrymore, Lord, m.p.,

f.r.s.a.i.
Barton, Rev. Luke, r.p.
Bernau, Charles A.

Berry, H. F., i.s.o., m.r.i.a. .
Bewley, Sir E. T., ll.d., f.s.a.
Bigger, F. Joseph, m.r.i.a.
f Blake, J. R.

Board of Education ...
Bolton, C. Perceval, j.p.

Boyle, E. M. F. G. ...

} Browne, Mrs. E. L.

Dawson Street, Dublin
Queen Street, Edinburgh
Waringstown, Go. Down

Cyprus, Eglinton Road, Dublin

jShankill Castle, Co. Kilkenny
(Verona, Monkstown

Marlfield, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
6 Wilton Place, Dublin
Sandville House, Ballyneety,

Limerick
Fota, Cork

Castletown-Geoghegan, Mullingar
Pendeen, Bowes Road, Walton-on-

Thames
Public Record Office, Dublin
40 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin
Ardrie, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Louiville, Belmont Avenue, Donny-

brook

South Kensington, London. W.C.

Brook Lodge, Halfway House,
Waterford

Gorteen, Liinavady, Co. London-
derry

Sissos, Purton, Wilts

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Buckley, James ....

Bunbury, Hamilton J.

Burke , H. Farnham , c . v. o . , f. s a. ,

Somerset Herald of Anns
Burnett, Rev. R.
Burrowes, William B.

11 Homefield Boad, Wimbledon,
Surrey

The Elms, Bitteswell, Lutterworth,

England
Heralds' College, London, E.C.

The Rectory, Graigue, Co. Kilkenny
Ballynafeigh House, Belfast

Campion, R. G. ... ... Midleton, Co. Cork

Cary, George Sydney ... Laurel Lodge, Terenure, Co. Dublin

Carrigan, Rev. Wm.,c.c ,m.r i.a. Durrow, Abbeyleix, Queen's County
Castletown of Upper Ossory, Lord Doneraile Court, Doneraile
Chamberlayne, Major Chamberlains'town, Kells, Co.

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COUNTY ANTRIM.

Antrim Clmrclijard.

'In vol. vi, and at page 189, of The Journal, the inscription on
the Rev. Peter Collingwood's tomb-slab has already appeared ; but
there is no mention made of a coat-of-arms on the slab. These
arms are to be found in a volume of Du Noyer's " Drawings "
(vol. x, p. 20) in the Royal Irish Academy, and are here repro-
duced from a copy kindly made by Mrs. Pierce G. Mahony for
The Journal.

' The Collingwood Arms are : —

* Argent, a chevron between three stags' heads erased sable.'

Ditnlucc Clmrcliyai'tl.

[From the Archdeacon of Dromore.]

Here lieth the body of the | Reverend David Dunkin
Rector | of Agherton and Ardclinis | Who departed
this life the 27th of July | 1836 in the 82 year of his

AGE.

ARMAGH — CARL0W.

COUNTY ARMAGH.

[Nil.]

COUNTY CARLOW.

Cloitiiiore Churchyard.

[From C. M. Drury.]

' The two headstones from which the following inscriptions
were copied stand side by side in the burial-ground ' : —

I. H. S.

Here lyeth the Body of
the Reverend Nicholas
Doogan who departed
this Life ye 28th of Jany 1767
Aged 40 yrs May he rest
in peace. Amen.

Here lieth ye body of ye Ee\d
Patrick Eolfeter who died 9th
Aug* 1771. Aged 52 years.
May he rest in peace Amen.

Tiunaclash Graveyard.

[From C. M. Drury.] ,

Erected by [the members]
of [Tynock B S] in memory of
the honest and patriotic John Clierry
who died Jany 15th 1861 ayed 52 years

Have pity on me have pity on me
at least you my friends, for the Jiand of
the Lord hath touched me Job xLve 21 vrs
Blessed are the merciful
for they shall obtain mercy Math 5' 7 vrs

CARLOW.

The [black sheep] of this \j>arish~\ know that
Im lying here, they may [vote] as they please
for they have no one to fear,
Im Consigned like all mankind
To my last home my mission is ended
I now cease to roam
Reguiescant in pace Amen.

1 The B. S. in the above inscription stands for " Book Society."
The words between brackets were defaced by direction of Father
Nolan, so as not to offend the feelings of any class ; but John
Magrath, a very old man, aged ninety-four, was able to tell me what
the obliterated words were.

4 The old people about here all remember poor John Cherry,
"a low-set, hardy stump of a man," who "was disturbed in his
mind." Winter or summer he never wore shoes. He had no
home, but lived on the bounty of the countryside, the farmers of
Tinnock having been particularly kind to him. From what I am
told by different old men, I think he must have had some acquaint-
ance with Daniel O'Connell. Perhaps he attracted the attention of
the Liberator, when he held his great meetings at Baltinglass and
Mullaghmast. At elections he used to abuse the Conservative
voters, hence the allusion in the inscription. He was found
dead by the roadside, about half-way between Tinnaclash and
Hacketstown.

Here lieth the Body of the Eevd Daniel
Murphy Parifh Priettof Eathvilly 52
years who Departed this Life the 5th of
December 1798 aged 102 years.
Requiescant in pace Amen.

IH S

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO

Here lieth the remains of
Eev Patk Moore P.P. of Eathvilly
who depd this life 3a April 1839
Aged 73 years

' Father Murphy lived in Tinnock, where Mr. Kane now lives.
His immediate successor was Father Moore, who died at Barraderry
House. Next in order came Father Gahan, and he was followed by
Father Nolan.

* Tinnock Chapel was built in 1S28 ; and, after that time, the
old chapel at Tinnaclash, no longer needed for its original purpose,

CAVAN.

was used for the National School, until about thirty years ago, when
the present schoolhouse was built. Some of the stone? in the
old chapel walls, after it had been allowed to go to ruin, were used
to repair the wall of the graveyard, and there is now little left to
show where it stood.'

COUNTY C AV AN.

Ballj comaoll Church, Parish of Tomregaii.

[From Rev. H. B. Swanzy, Newry.]

* The following inscription, from a monument on the south wall
of Ballyconnell Church, was kindly copied by Surgeon- General
S. B. Boe, c.b., now of Ballyconnell House' : —

Erected
By

Bobert W illiam Story
Third Son of the Bevd Joseph Story
Of Bingfield In this Countv
To The Memory Of His Beloved Wife
Sarah Ainsworth Story
Youngest Daughter of John Enery Esqro
Of Ballyconnell House In This Parish
Who Departed This Life At Carlisle In Cumberland
9th December 18i>9 ^Etat 33
Deeply Lamented
Her Mortal Remains Lie Interred In The
Cathedral Burying Ground Of That City
Quis Desiderio Pudor Aut Modus Tarn Cari Capitis

' Mrs. Story was daughter of John Enery, of Bawnboy, and
afterwards of Ballyconnell, High Sheriff, Co. Cavan, 1790, and
Co. Kilkenny, 1800, Lieut. -Colonel Kilkenny Militia (by Sarah
Ainsworth Blunt, his wife), son of John Enery. of Bawnboy, High
Sheriff, Co. Cavan, 1759, Co. Longford, 1700. and Co. Fermanagh,
1704 (by Margaret, sister of Sir John Hamilton, Parr., and only
daughter of William Hamilton, of Dunnemana, Co. Tyrone, m.p. for
Strabane, by Catherine, sister of George Leslie-Montgomery, si.p., of
Ballyconnell). The Ballyconnell estate eventually came to the
Enery family through the last-mentioned marriage.'

0 CAVAN.

J3elturl>et Cliurcli.

[From the Eev. H. B. Swanzy, Newry.]

' I have found among the manuscripts of the late Eev. W.
Eeynell the following copy of an inscription on a tablet in Belturbet
Church, noted by him on 24th February, 1864. It may be of
interest as perpetuating the memory of a descendant of Bishop
Bedell ' :—

Near to this stone lies the Body of Bedell Howard
Stanford, Esqr, Who departed this life the 11th day of
March, in the year of our Lord 1776, and in the 56th year
of his age. He was a man of virtue and integrity — A
steady friend and tender husband. This Monument
was Erected by Elizabeth Stanford, Belict of the
deceased, being the only remaining proof she could give
of her grateful respect to his Memory.

' Arms : Azure, three bars argent, on a chief indented a hand
holding a dagger erect.

* Bedell Howard Stanford, of Cam, Belturbet, High Sheriff
Co. Monaghan, 1754, and Co. Cavan, 1768, j.p. Co. Cavan, 19th May,
1759, was second, but eldest surviving, son of Capt. John Stanford,
of Belturbet, j.p., High Sheriff Co. Cavan 1734, b.a., Trin. Coll.,
Dublin, 1706, by his marriage (Kilmore licence, 22nd Nov., 1707)
with Elinor, eldest of the three daughters of Major Daniel French,
j.p., of Belturbet, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1690, by Isabella, youngest
daughter of the Eev. William Bedell, Yicar of Kinawley, Co. Cavan,
1634-7, and Eector of Battlesuen, Suffolk, 1644-70, eldest son of
the famous William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore, 1629-42. (See
"The Life and Death of Bishop Bedell," edited by T. W. Jones,
Camden Society, 1872, pp. 195 and 259.) Cam descended to the
Stanfords through the French family from Bishop Bedell's younger
son, Ambrose Bedell, of Carn, j.p., High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 16G8.

4 Bedell H. Stanford married Elizabeth, sister of David Jones,
of Bensfort, Co. Meath, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 1763, and eldest
daughter of John Jones, of Belturbet, High Sheriff Co. Cavan,
1730, by his wife, sister of Benjamin Copeland, of Bensfort, High
Sheriff Co. Meath, 1751. She died 179S, leaving her property to
her own relations.

' B. H. Stanford was succeeded in the representation of his
family by his younger brother Daniel Stanford, of Dominick Street,
Dublin, Attorney-at-Law, who by Mary Bichardson, his wife, had,
with other children (of whom Elinor married, 1796, Francis
Eastwood, and Isabella married at Wexford, 23rd April, 1789, John
Brownrigg, ll.d., Barrister-at-Law, of York Street, Dublin), a son,
John Sanford, of Carn, High Sheriff Co. Cavan, 17S9, whose
descendants are the present representatives of the celebrated
William Bedell.'

CLARE. 6

!Driiiigr Cliiircliyartl.

[From K. Hope, Esq., Cavan.]

* In this old churchyard there is a curious monument to the
Eeilly family, which bears a coat-of-arms, viz.' : —

' Argent, on a mount vert, an oak-tree with a snake descending
the trunk proper, supported by two lions rampant gules.

' Below the arms is the motto : — " Fortitudinc a: Prtulentia."

' Then follows the inscription, which reads ' : —

This Monument was erected 1703
By the Rev*0 Doctor John Beilly
M — Luke <& Philip Re illy i n
Memory of their father Cap*
Owen Beilly who died May
18th 1723 aged 52 years

n.b. said luee paid the whole cost
of this tome himself. anno 1770.

COUNTY CLARE.

Uroiuelifie Clmrcliyartl, near Iannis.

[From Alfred Molony.]

' On a tombstone a little to the north-west of the ruined
church ' : —

Sacred
to the Memory of
Michael Greene Esq of Ennis
Solicitor
who departed this life
on the 19th day of November 1837
Also to the memory of his Widow
Jane Greene
who died on the 17th day of June 1854
Henry Greene
Died 9th November 1S69

' Michael Greene was a younger broth* r of William Greene,
Solicitor, of Ennis (" Bumbo "), about whom, and his witty sayings,
so many droll stories are still told in Clare, Mrs. Jane Greene was
daughter of Chartres Brew, of Apple vale (see- vol. v. page olG;.

[To face page 6.

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THE REILLY COAT-OF-A RMS, FROM THEIR MONUMENT
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT DRUNG.

[From a rubbing by II. Hope, ./•'•></.]

CORK:

Henry Greene (only surviving son of Michael and Jane Greene)
lived at Brookville, near Ennis, and was Sub-Sheriff of Clare for
several years.'

1 On a tombstone adjoining the foregoing one ' : —

Sacred
to the memory of
John Trousdell Esq1' Solicitor
Bindon Street Ennis died 21 April 1848
Aged 39 years .
This tomb is erected by his bereaved widow
as a trilling monument of her affection for him
And for her Dearly loved Child
William Greene Trousdell
who died 3rd May 1861
Aged 20 years
Whatsoever ye do in word or deed do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus. 3rd Collossians 17th Verse
Neither is there Salvation in any other for there is none
other name under Heaven given among men whereby
we must be saved. 4th Acts 12th Verse

' John Trousdell was a nephew of the above-mentioned Michael
and William Greene, and was in partnership with the latter.'

COUNTY CORK

A;;*Iisli<lriiia;£'Ii C'liui'cliyaril.

[From Colonel Grove White.]

CORK.

4 Upright stone.'

'The Castle Harrison vault was built by Henry Harrison, of
Castle Harrison, who was known as the ;< Commissioner. " He was
Commissioner of Customs in Ireland about 1710. On the top of this
vault is an altar-tomb to some member of the Harrison family, but
I cannot read the inscription.

' I understand that this churchyard is the private property of
Colonel Harrison, of Castle Harrison. It is only a short distance
from Castle Harrison, and lies about 3w miles (south-west by west)
from Charleville.'

Kilg-irtlaiic Cliui'cliyai'tl.

'LFrom James Buckley.]

' This parish is situate between two and three miles to the
west of Mitchelstown, and, for the most part, lies in the Barony of
Condons and Clongibbons. A considerable portion of the very
interesting and somewhat uncommon ancient church still exists.
The inscriptions here are comparatively modern, and the oldest but
one records the death of a centenarian.'

IHS

Here Lies ye Body of Catherine Condon who died March
ye 31st 1768 Aged 31 years Requiescat in Pace

ills

Here lyeth | tee body of | Thomas Lyne | of cloun-

KIELY | WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEP** | THE 22° 1747
AGED 110 YEAR I REQUIESCAT IN l'\CL J AM KN

lam9 Lyne Hono™ Lyne

CORK.

IH S

IHS

This Stone Was Erected By Andrew Casey In Memory
of His Wife Catherine Condon Who Died ye 10th Octobr
1778 Aged 21 Years May She rest in Peace

IHS

Erected by David Tobin of Cloughlefm in Memory of
his Daughter Mary Tobin Departed this Life October 7th,
1837 Aged 17 years.

I PIS

Erected by John Tobin of Cloughlefm in Memory of his
Brother Martin Tobin who depd this life Sep1 15th 1841
Aged 29 yrs.

1 The following particulars of a most appalling occurrence in the
townland of Furrough, near Kilbehenny, some four miles east of
Mitchelstown, are taken from The Dublin Evening Post of the
17th February, 181G' :—

* ' Mitchelstown, Feb 12 : A most melancholy event took place
yesterday morning near this town. A farmer of some respectability
in the neighbourhood, whose daughter was married the previous
night, invited a number of his friends, &c, to the wedding. After
supper all the young people retired to a large barn to dance. There
was a fire in the barn, as the night was cold; and, after they had
been dancing for some time, they wished to have the fire extin-
guished, when one of the young men went into the dwelling-house
for some water, and seeing a large jug full of water, as he supposed

CORK.

(but it proved to be spirits), brought it into the barn and threw it on
the fire. The barn immediately took fire, as it had no chimney ;
before the door, which was locked, could be opened, dreadful to
relate, a number of them were burned to ashes ! and such as found
their way out were miserably scorched. Sixteen have been already
interred, and about twice that number are despaired of : among
the latter number is the .bride — the bridegroom is severely scorched,
but he will recover. A young gentleman who has just come from the
melancholy scene says he never saw so dreadful a sight — men and
women lying on the outside of the ruins so disfigured that their
parents even could not recognize them ! ! The uncle of the young
man who was married and his daughter are among the dead. They
have not got all the bodies from under the ruins yet, but from every
account it is supposed that about 20 persons were burned to death."

Cork Mercantile Chronicle. — £ Further particulars of the melan-
choly effects of the fire at Mitchelstown, mentioned in The Dublin
Evening Post of 17th Inst.' : —

"Mitchelstown, Feb. 14': Since my last I have learned the
following particulars. I omitted to inform you that the name of the
farmer was Chamberlaine ; his young son, a man of the name of
Bronogue, his eldest son and daughter, with two more of that name ;
a young man of the name of Noonan, an only son ; a young woman
of the name of Cavenagh ; two young sisters of the name of Clancy ;
and two more females of the name of Mahony, one of whom was to
have been married on the Sunday following, were burned to ashes.
Several beggars, who generally attend at country weddings, were
also burned. I have just heard that four persons who were injured
by the fire have died in consequence. I understand that there are no
hopes of the recovery of four more. A poor blind female fiddler lost
her life : her little daughter who was an attendant on her made her
escape, but was very much injured. From the appearance of the ruins
and the bones found it is generally conjectured that from 25 to 30
have perished, besides those who have died since. It is impossible
to describe the state of distraction of the parents and relatives in
endeavouring to discover some remnant of the remains of the
, unfortunate sufferers."

4 The ashes of the girls Mahony, whose relatives still reside in the
locality, were conveyed thither for interment ; and two large head-
stones, bearing the following inscriptions, were raised, side by side,,
to their memory ' : —

William Mahoney of Ballylought Erected this in Memory
of his Daughter Margaret who died Febr 11th 1S1G Aged
20 yr8 May her foul Rest in peace Ama.

CORIw

IH S

Erected by William Mahoney of Ballylough in Memory
of his daughter Mary Mahoney She died Febry 11th 1816
aged 22 yrs May she rest in peace amen

VCillcag'li Cliurcliyarcl.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

* The graveyard at Killeagh, County Cork, lies close beside the
Killeagh Railway Station on the Cork and You glial line. The
Protestant church of Killeagh, a plain but neat structure, stands
on the north side of this graveyard, which is somewhat better kept
than some of the neighbouring ones. Owing to the rather large
number of headstones and table-tombs, it presents a more symme-
trical and finished aspect than is usual in Co. Cork rural church-
yards, and the inscriptions on many of the older headstones are
still quite legible. The following is a selection of' the inscriptions
in Killeagh Churchyard, want of time preventing me from copying
the remainder, where legible ' : —

Erected | by John Hillgrove in Mem | ory of his Wife
Margaret | Hillgrove alias McCarthy | who departed thi -
life October the 23rd 1822 aged 71 years.

Erected | by John Bride in memory of his | Wife
Hanorah Smiddy who died | March 11th 1810 | aged 70
years

■ Table-tomb ' :—

Sacred to the memory of Thorn aa | Benger late of
Glenane More [?] | Departed this life the 20th day ( of
July 1773

■CORK.

< Table-tomb :—

Here lieth the Body of | Patrick Joyce who | deceased
October the 7th 1778 | Aged 60 years

* Table-tomb ' : —

Tumulus Alain Greatrakes, 1766 | nec nos reliquit
antecessit | tandem libertandum cujus tandem [?]
asternus

' At the base of a lofty Celtic cross, forming the most conspicuous
monument here, is inscribed ' : —

Erected by his Fellow Countrymen
To the memory of
Timothy Daly of Midleton
who fell fighting for his
Country's Independence in Castlemartvr
on the night of the 6th of March 1867
in the 34th year of his age
RIP
God Save Ireland

« Table-tomb ' :—

This' tomb was erected to the j memory of Mr. Henry
Davis late | of Ballymakey | who departed this | life
Novr 4th 1797 | aged 57 years.

4 Table-tomb, inscription facing west ' : —

Here lveth the Body of | Patrick Bellew who | departed
this life | the 7th Day of October 171 S | aged . . .
years

This Stone was erected by Mary Menu ess in Memory |
of her husband William | Ahem who Dep1 j this life
the 15th of August 1787 | Aged 33 years

CORK-

Here | lies the Body of Thomas | Doyle who departed
this life ] Sep 5th 1813 aged | 70 years

1 Cross ' : —

Mogeely Churchyard.

[From Mr. James Coleman.]

* Mogeely graveyard is about three minutes' walk north of the
railway station of that name, and two miles nearer Cork than
Killeagh. A large addition to this graveyard has recently been made,
and the old part, in which a considerable portion of the old pre-
Reformation Church still stands, with a two-light lancet window
intact on its eastern wall, is no longer in the disgraceful condition
it presented a few years back. The following three inscriptions are
from graves within the old church walls, the remainder being from
those outside ' : —

4 Table-tomb ' :—

'Table- tomb':—

> Here lyeth the body of George B.ttally who depa I rted
this life . . . 1701

Erected by William Foreeh [?] in me | mory of his son
Rich | ard who died Feby the | 11th 1704 aged 21 years

Here lyeth | the Body of | Robert Colbort | who
departed this life February the 22J 1756 Aged 56 years.

Celtic cross, on base at back ' : —

This Celtic Cross and railing have been erected | by the
Most Rev. Dr Fitzgerald | in memory of his beloved
relatives |

In front ' : —

On table-tomb extending from the above ' : —

This | is the burial place of | Simon Keane & family |
He departed this life j the 11th day of Feby 1798 aged
67 years

CORK.

' Table-tomb ' ,■ • - ' -

Here lyetli the Remains of | Mr Thomas White of Cork
who died March 25th 1832 | Aged 33 years No man
could have fulfilled with greater credit to himself | the
varied duties of an obedient j son and affectionate
husband | an honest and just citizen | May his soul rest
in peace

' Surmounted by a sort of spire, or pinnacle, is the following
inscription, for the tin grammatical portions of which the stonecutter
is, doubtless, partly responsible ' : —

A fond regret thy sudden flight deplore
And o'er thy grave affection shed her store
Yet hope survive triumphant o'er thy tomb
Thy bliss to share in a celestial home

His widow and children dedicate this | monument to
his memory | and as a mark of their burial place

4 Table-tomb': —

' At the north-west corner of the graveyard stands the Catholic
church of the village — one of the ugly, old-fashioned chapels now
being gradually superseded by more becoming structures, such as
those at Killeagh, Carrigtwohill, and Midleton. In the space in
front, just outside the western wall of the graveyard, are four
separate table-tombs inscribed thus ! : —

CORK.

Sacred to the memory of the | Eev. Edmond Ahem,
R C C of Imogeela | who departed this life May 1, 1856 in
the 50th year of his age | and 20th of his sacred ministry |
This tomb has been erected by his sorrowfull friends

Monaniiuy Churchyard.

* Not a vestige of the ancient church survives — a circumstance,
perhaps, unprecedented in this country. Some ruins existed a
century and a half since, according to Smith's A, and P. State of
County and City of Cork. A modern Protestant church, in the
erection of which the old church was probably utilised, stood here,
but was taken down about fifteen years ago. The late Eev.
Richard Ahern, the Parish Priest, acquired the pews, and had them
installed in Annakissy Church, where they are now in use.

f After a close inspection of most of the headstones in this
cemetery, the one bearing the oldest and most interesting
inscription I could find, was erected to a father of the flock. The
inscription appears in no fewer than three different languages —
English, Latin, and Irish — and is probably unique ' : —

Here lieth the bodt
of the Eevd Dan* Kelh*
-r^ pp of Moinaiji*!

WHO DIED FEBRV YK 20Ti;
1751 AGED 50 YEAR
REQUIESCAT IN PACE

[From James Buckley.]

HIS

(' Then follow two lines in Irish characters.')

CORK.

IHS

Here lieth the Body | of tlie Revd Jam5 Roche | P P ot
Monanimny Who | Died Febr the 26. 1777 j Aged 68
years | Requiescat in Pace Amen.

IHS

Here Lyeth The Body of Richard Nagle Who Departed
this Life the 21 Day of Sepher 1761 Aged 80 years And
his Wife Ellen Nagle Departed the 4 Day of Februry
1757 aged 80 years.

IHS

Memento Mori Here Lies The Body of Elizabeth
Higgins Wife to David Magner Who Depard This Life
April the 18th 1797 Aged 42 years He caused This Stone
to Be Erected For Him And Family May She rest in
Peace

IHS

Erected by James Magner in memory of his fon
Edmond who died in 179S aged 19 yr5 also his
daughter Aliza who died 31st Jany 1822' aged 35 yrs
May they rest in peace Amen.

CORK.

Erected by James Magner of Kilquain in memory of his
Uncle Patrick Magner who departed life Aug8t 31. 1859
Aged 58 yrs & also his Brother Son Denis who Departed
Augst 26. 1859 aged 23 yr3 May their Souls rest in Peace
Amen.

' This stone is neatly executed, but rather frail. It is at present
cast down, but very little injured. Hence this record of it:'

IHS

Timothy Riely erected this in memory of his Son Daniel
who died Decbr the 1st 1801 aged 33 years May he rest
in peace Amen.

Jeremh Riely erected this in memory of his Son Iohn
Riely who died June 20th 1812 ag'd 18 y™ Alio John
Riely son to Den3 Reily died March lft 1831 Ag'd 6 y"
May their fouls r ft in peace amen. This stone and
ground is Regeftered.

Here lieth the Body of Joan Hogan Wh° Departed This
Life 16th February 1762 Aged 40 years

Here lieth the Body of Daniel Linihane Who Dec'1
Septembe1 1766 Aged 78 Years Also Joan Linihane his
Wife W7ho Deed June -21. 1766 Aged 61 yrs

• +
IHS

Here lies the Body of John Linnihan who did April
1793 A 84 Also the"Fam Burying Place

* Mensal slab ' : —

Erected in Memory of Daniel Linehan of Mount Nagle
who died Octbr 25th 1S30 aged 86 yrs Also to his son
Denis who died 28th of 3SW 1796 aged 17 yrs And of
his wife Ellen who died 20th of April" 1812 aged 60 yrs

+
IHS

Lyeth

Here the Body of James Sullivan Who Died Septemr
the 18. 1778 agd 21 yrs. May he rest in Peace Amen

DONEGAL — DOWN.

IHS

Erected by Thos Lane in memory of his Father Iermh
Lane Decd laur* 17th 1794 Aged 69 yr3 May he rest in
peace Amen

IHS

Here lies the body of David Madden the son of William
of Kilmacom and the Husband of Margaret Rea he was A
dutiful son and affectionate brother father and Husband
and an honest weli eonducte1 man he died Novembr
the 25th 1S21 aged 48 yer May his soul rest in peace

COUNTY DONEGAL.

LNil.]

COUNTY DOWN.

Rallig-g-an Church. Parish of Inisharg-y.

[From the Archdeacon of Dromore.]
1 Stone in gable ' : —

B. T.

A. D. 1704.

' Monument ' :—

[Arms]
Vita et Morte Triumphans

DOWN.

JBaiil>ri<l$re. Old Presbyterian Churchyard. Parish of
Seapatrielc.

[From Captain R. Linn, Christchurch, New Zealand.]

HERE LIETH THE BODY
OF THOs SHIELDS WHO
DIED 15th MARCH 1796
AGED 65 YEARS

In memory of

Henry Wallace
of Banbridge who died 20 September 1806
also his son James who died August 1798
aged 6 years

I>e>vrii pat rich Cathedral ' Hurial-frrouiul (olft part),
ioiitii-WeSi Corner.

[From Major R. R. S. Crookshank.]

Here lieth
interd the body of Sr
Charles devick who serve*
as Captain in the regiment
of Coilonel Antheny hamiiton in
this Kingdom and dyed in down

patrick the 17:h of March 106$

DOWN.

1 An ordinary style tombstone — granite — somewhat sunk in the
ground, lying near south-west'corner of old graveyard.

' Sir Charles de Vic appears to have served from 167^-1677 as
Ensign in Captain Roderick Maunsell's Company in Regiment of
Guards in Ireland. He was Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of
Guards, 1678. From 1680 to 1686 he commanded a company in
Sir William King's Regiment of Foot (stationed in Galway),
afterwards (1685) commanded by Colonel Theodore Russell, which
regiment was stationed in Deny in 1686. This is all the informa-
tion I have about Sir Charles de Vic. He was probably the son
of Sir Harry de Vic, a staunch Royalist, living in 1651-4. In
1686, Anthony Hamilton, mentioned in above inscription, was
Lieutenant- Colonel in Sir Thomas Xewcomen's Regiment.'

nownpatriek Cliurcliyard.

[From Edward Parkinson and Dr. F. C. Crossle.]

Sacred
To the memory of
John Wyatt Lee Esq
of London
who died at Downpatrick 2 April 1833
Aged 48 years.

Oh, if English or native you chance to draw near

Know a stranger in Ireland hath made his tomb here

Think not though from all he loved best far away

The Englishman found him alone in that day

When the tired wheels of nature refusing to move

He felt he must die far from home and his love

Ah no ; all around him contented to share

The duties a wife would have paid to him there

For the sons and the daughters of Erin well know

From their own soft emotions to feel others woe

And the Spirits of Friends which from England had flown

Found fit temples of grief in the kind hearts of Down.

XoiisrltliriclilaiMl Clnirelij ar«l. l*ari*li of Afilratior? .

[From Captain R. Linn, Christchurch, New Zealand.]

Here Lyeth the Body
of William Waddle of Ouly
Who departed this life the
20h day of Deem 1740
in the 60 year of his
age

DOWN.

Here lyeth the Body of Cap1 Edward
Taylor who departed ye 14h May 1706
in ye 60 year of his age

The Glorious actions of ye just
Smell sweet & blossom in ye dust

IHS
ERECTED BY
JOHN DUFFY
FOR HIM AND
HIS POSTERI
TY

AD 1789

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF
.... McDOWELL OF LOUGHBRICK
LAND WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 5th
MAY 1739 IN THE "40 YEAR

HERE • UNDERNEATH •
THIS • STONE • LIETH • THE • BO
DY • OF • JOHN • DICKSON • W-
HO • DEPARTED • OYT OF • TH-
IS • MORTAL • LIFE • THE - TWE-
NTY • SEVENTH • DAY • OF • FE-
BRUARY • IN • THE • YEAR OF •
OVB • REDEMPTION • 1703 ■
AGED • 38 ■ YEARS •

HERE • LYES • Y K ■ BODY ■ OF JAMES

TODD • WHO • DYED • YE • 13th OF
DECEMBER • 1704 • IN ■ YE • 58 ■ YEAR
OF • HIS • AGE
HERE • LYETH • YE • BODY • OF • ROBERT
TODD • SON • OF • JAMES ■ TODD • OF ■ BALLY-
NESKEAGH • WHO ■ DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARCFI • YE • 17th • 1728 • AGED XX

Remember Death
Here lyeth the Body of
James Wallace of Brickland
Merc1 who departed this life
the 19 of May 17G3 aged G3 years

DOWN.

This- is the place of interment of
James & John Nesbitt of
Enidell and their ancestors since the
year 1600

MagJieraclrool Cl« urcliya r«l.

[From E. R. M'C. Dix.]

Here lieth the Body | of Charls [sic] Shaw of Ba | How
Who Departed | this life the 29th Day j of March 1766
Aged | 37 years «*-

Here lieth the Body of | Robert Buckley of Bally | kine
who departed this | life the 2nd December 1791 | Aged
71 years.

• +

Here Lyeth the | Body of Manus | McCaherty who De |
Parted This Life j The 14tL Day of Nobr | 1740.

Here lyeth Intared [sic] the Body of ChristorBarr cenor
[sic] of Burren Who Departed | This life on the 13th
day of June in the | year of our Lord 1797 Aged 66
years.

Here lieth the Bodv of Richard Cordner | of Ballyna-
hinch Who Departed this Life | June the 9th 1798
Aged 48 years.

DUBLIN.

COUNTY DUBLIN.

Baldoylc Old Clmrcliyard.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

I.H.S. & hour-glass.
Here lyeth the Bod | y of James Goss | who depar | ted
this life ye 5th day | of June 1723.

* These are the only three stones about the old ruin on which
anything can be read ; there are several others ; some appear to be
broken, and some show very little above the ground, and have
no appearance of any inscription or carving.'

dollar a n Clmreli.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

1 On a handsome mural tablet over the Communion Table ' : —

Near this Spot rest the Mortal remains of
Sir W Wilkinson of Corballis in this Parish
who departed this life A.D. 1831, Aged 79.
And Eliza111 his beloved Wife A.I). 1826 Aged 72
Also J. S. Anna Liddiard their Daughter
Wife of the PievJ Wm Liddiard of Augburn, Wilts.
Also H. Y. Wilkinson her Grandchild.

Jesus is the Besurrection and the Life. John 11 21-5.

1 There is another tablet, but a partition has been put across
the middle of it; it is evidently much oldur. The name Doherty
appears on it.'

DUBLIN.

Criiniliii, st. Mary's Cliureli v;trd.

[From Captain G. S. Gary.]

Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth widow of the late
Commander Thomas Strange Royal Navy who died
18tb March 1854 and also to Mary younger daughter of
the above who died 27th January 1891. At rest together.

T>u1>lias. Trinity College.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald. 1900.]

1 At the back of the College Chapel, in a very small railed-in
enclosure, are placed the sepulchral monuments removed from the
interior of the old chapel when it was rebuilt in 1798. They
consist of a recumbent effigy, three flat slabs, two slabs fixed in the
wall, and a mural monument.

* The flat slabs bear the following inscriptions ' : —

a.d. 1758.

4 Of Richard Baldwin's parentage practically nothing is known.
A handsome marble monument to him exists in the College Theatre.
He is represented reclining in classic costume, with two females
bending over him, one of whom represents Fame. This statuary
was executed in Rome by a Dublin man named llewetson.'

Pee memorle sacrum | Gulielmi Temple, l.l.d.

ARMIGERI I HUJUSCE CoLLEGII Pr.EPOSITI A.D. 1G09, |

atque aliorum quorum reliqui.e i sub axtiquo sacello
• sepult.e | ix hoc coemeter1um translate fuere j
Anno Domini 1799.

'Sir William Temple was knighted in 162*2. He was the son of
Anthony, younger son of Peter Temple, of Derset, in "Warwickshire.
He was elected Provost on 14th November, 1609; and represented
the College in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 till his
•death on the 15th January, 1627, aged about 72 years. His wiie
was Martha, daughter of Robert Harrison, of a Derbyshire family,
by whom he had two sons and three daughters. ( Vide Dictionary
of National Biography.)'

DUBLIN.

PR.EPOSITURAM ELECTUS FUIT A.D. 1758. | ObIIT DIE

12 Junii ad 1774

' The recumbent effigy is that of Dr. Luke Challoner, one of the
principal movers in the establishment of Trinity College. His
effigy is carved in alabaster, but it has suffered to such an extent
from exposure to the weather that it is barely distinguishable; it
rests on a limestone box-tomb, and at one end are the remains of a
shield in alabaster, for armorial bearings, also in a sadly decayed
state.'

' A Funeral Entry in Ulster's Office thus records his death' : —
Luke Challoner D : of Divinitie dec : 27 Aprell 1613.
He was the first mover & the earnest solicitour for the
buildinge & foundinge of Trinitie Colledge by Dublin
where he lieth buried with this Epitaph —
Conditur hoc tumuio Challoneri triste cadaver,
Cuius ope et precibus conditur ista domus.
His first wife was Rose dr- of Walter .Ball of Dublin,
Alderman Maoir, by whom he had divers children
that died before him, Except Phoebe his dr* now li-
vinge. His second wife (now widow) was Elizabeth
dr* of Christopher Percevall, by whom he had noe issue.*

' The inscription given in this Funeral Entry is not now visible
on the tomb ; but on one of the sides has been cut in recent
times ' : —

1 We now come to the mural slabs and monument, the latter
erected to the memory of Dr. George Prowne, who died in 1G99.
The slab to the left is thus inscribed ' :—

KATAPA ESTl Mil AIIOWA-
NElNt

* It was accidentally stumbling acro-s this Funeral Entry that first drew roy
attention to the existence of these sepulchral monuments in Trinity College,
t I.e., " It is an accursed thing not to die."

DUBLIN.

Dixit . Epictetus, credidit
Johannes . Stearne

M. & J. U. D. COLLEGII. S. S. InDIV.

Trinitatis . Dublin . Socius . Senior . Collegii

MeDICORU . IBIDEM . PRAESES . PRIMUS . QUI . NAT-

-us . fuit . Arbrach^e . xxvi . Novemb : 1624
Denatus . Dublinii . xvni . Novemb '. 1669, CUIUS

ExUVLE . OLIM . RESUMENDJE . HIC . DEPOSITEE SUNT.

Philosophus Medicus sumusq. Theologus IDEM,
Sternius hac, nullus JAM REQUIESCIT HUMO
Scilicet ut regnet, natura quod edidit unum
dlvidit in partes mors inimica duas,

Sed modo divius [sic'] coalescet Sternius atque

IBIT AB EXTREMO, TOTUS IN ASTRA, die.

1 In the top left corner of the slab is a coat-of-arms, viz. —
Sterne impaling Ryves : — li Three crosses fleurie, two and one," for
Sterne. " On a band three lozenges," for Ryves.'

1 John Stearne (or Sterne) was born on the 26th November,
1624, at Ardbraccan, County Meath, in the Episcopal Palace of his
grand-uncle, James Ussher, Bishop of Meath. His father was John
Sterne, of Cambridge, who settled in the County Down ; and his
mother was Mabel Bermingham, a niece of Primate Ussher's.
John Stearne's wife was Dorothy, daughter of Charles Ryves, by
whom he had three daughters, and a son also named John, who
was afterwards Bishop of Clogher. The epitaph on his tomb was
composed by his friend Henry Dodwell the elder. (Vide Dictionary
of National Biography.)'

* The large mural monument with Corinthian columns was
erected to the memory of Dr. George Browne, another of the
Provosts of Trinity College. The inscription is very hard to decipher,
as, in addition to being cut on a black slab, the letters have
been filled in with a black composition, making them almost
illegible ; however, with perseverance, and the assistance of Sir
Edmund T. Bewley in doubtful words, it can be made out as given
below ' : —

P. M.S.

Reverendi admodum viri, Georgii Browne, S.T.P.
Alumni Socii et tandem Propositi hujus Collegii
Qui rem literariam Ingenio Diligentia aliorum Institutione

Per triginta annorum spatium Promovit.
iEdes has dimidio sua parte auctiores Amplificavit pecunia
partim a Regni ordinibus Impetrata partim suo Ipsius

DUBLIN.

Testamento legata. Quod foeliciter Inchohavit alter
Perficiendum Reliquit
Qui charitate in pauperes studio in bene meritos

Benignitate erga omnes tan turn profecit
Ut solus etiam inter bonos optimi praesidis partes
Implevisse videretur.
Quern vivum viventes Colebant Mortuum mirabuntur posteri.
Monumentum hoc, Publicis Coliegii sumptibus extmctum,
Propositus et Socii Seniores poni Curavere.
OBIIT

Quinquagenarius Die Quarto Junii Dominica Trinitatis
Anno Dom.
1G99.

4 Translation ' : —

Sacred to the revered memory of
The Very Pieverend George Browne, Doctor of Divinity,
Student, Fellow, and eventually Provost of this College,
"Who advanced the Study of Letters by his talents, his
Steady application, and his instruction of others, for the

space of thirty years.
These buildings, augmented to the extent of one half,
he enlarged with money partly obtained from the several classes
throughout the Kingdom, and partly bequeathed by his own Will.
What he so happily commenced he left to another to finish.
He was so conspicuous for his charity to the poor, his
good-will towards the deserving, and his kindness
towards all, that amongst many who were good he
alone seemed to have fully discharged the duties of an
excellent ruler

His contemporaries esteemed him while living, and posterity

wTill look back with admiration on him though dead.
This monument, erected at the public expense of the College,
the Provost and Senior Fellows have set un.
He died

At the age of fifty years, on the fourth day of June
— Trinity Sundav — in vear of our Lord
1G99*"

4 On the right hand side of the large mr.ral monument is the
Seele slab, in the left top cornet of which is a coat-of-arms.

• The translation was kindly supplied by Sir Edmund T. Bewley.

DUBLIN.

* A fess engrailed between three whelk- shells.* The inscription
runs ' : —

P. M S.
THOMiE SEELE. S.T.D.

HUIUSCE COLLEGII
DIGNISSDII PB.ESIDIS
ET INSTAURATOPJS
QUI OBIIT FEB. II
ANNO DOMINI MDCLXXIV
.ETATIS SILE LXIII

NuPER AB EXILIO CUM PRINCIPE PiEGNA REDIBANT,
Et POSUERE SUAS Pr.elia LASSA MINAS.

His solis deerant tam publica commoda tectis.

Exilium Ars passa est, Exiliumque Fides.
Pr.eposuit Seelum Carolus; quo pr.eside IIus^e

Proscript.e yeteres incoluere Lares.
Tecta chalonerus pia condidit; obruta Seelus

Instauravit; erat forte creasse minus.
Magna viri doctrina, modestia magna, ruberet
Si sua perlegeret carmine ivsta, cinis.
Convenit urna loco debebaturque Sacello:
Non alio sterni pulvere templa decet.

Drittinagli or tlte Blue Stall Gravcjard.

[From J. E. Fowler.]

' AH that now remains of the church is the west gable, contain-
ing a pointed door, and a window of the usual Norman type, and a
fragment of the east end. The sides of the window mentioned
above are composed of single pieces of stone. That of the north
side had fallen slantwise across the window, and for many years
had been a striking feature in any drawing made of the church.
An antiquarian friend tried to restore this slab to its original
position. Result: it lies in neatly smashed pieces on the ground
below.

' This parish is now merged in that of Clondalkin.
' Some of the inscriptions copied are highly interesting, especi-
ally that beginning : " Here lies the body of Ann Whelan." '

* Sir Arthur Vicars informs me that the Seele f or Sealed Arms are :— " A fess
between three wolves' bends"; and that the Shelley family coat is : — "Sable,
a fess engrailed between three whelk-shelis, or." So that it appears that those
responsible for the erection of this slab to Dr. Seele's memory atilxed the wrong
coat-of-arms to it.

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[Memento IHS . Mori.]

[on Sun].

This Stone was Erected by Michael Maher Bleacher, in
Memory of his Father Owen and his Mother Margareth
Natives of Mountrath in the Queens County and six
of his Children — Ann Aged one year Margaret Aged
16 years Susan Aged 1G years Bridget Aged 20 years
his Son Laurence Departed this Life August ye 14 1799
Aged 24 years^the Lord have mercy on all their souls

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Memento I H S Mori

[On Sun.]

This Stone and Burial Place Belongeth to Mr Chris1

Eustace of Patrick Street Weaver and his Pofterity
Here lieth the Body of his Wife Elizabeth Eustace who
departed [this] life Nov the 5th 1763.

' Rest, if any, underground.

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5^ERE LIETH THE BODY OF CHRISTOPHER MOONY WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 23P DAY OF IvLY 1736 IN THE
42XD YEAR OF HIS AGE.

1 The inscription next copied is just saved from oblivion, as
i>est part of the stone is rotten. Much is lost as it is ' : —

Here lieth the Body of John Dowling of Ash Street
in the City of Dublin who departed this life the 8th of

August 1786 years. This stone

wTas Erected to his Memory

4 The remainder is illegible.'

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
+

Memento IHS Mori

[In Circle.]

This Stone was Erected by Mr Thomas Faqan for him
and his Pofterity. here lieth the body of his Dearly
Beloved wife Margret Fagan who Departed this life
Novr 1772 aged 32 years and four of his children.

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* The next three stones were so thickly covered with ivy that I
could not get it off to read them.'

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Memento I H S Mori

Here lieth the remains of Mr Philip Hines of Bow
Street in the City of Dublin A man of singular Benevo-
lence of mind and goodnefs of heart, an affectionate
husband a tender parent and sincere friend he merited
the f riendfhip of all and the enmity of none His Beloved
wife MEa Mary Hines erected this stone in testimony of
love to him while living and to Perpetuate his memory
now Dead He departed this Life the 16:h day of June
1791 Aged 50 years Lord have mercy on his Soul Here
also lieth 4 of his Children

[Flaming I H S [Flaming

Chalice.] [On Sun.] Chalice.]

[Cherub.]
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

This Stone was Erected by Mary Higgs X° 30 Marys
Lane in Memory of her Beloved Husband Arthur Higgs
who Departed this life the 24th of November 1807 aged
39 years Also four of his children.

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IHS
[On Sun.]

This Stone was Erected by Mrs Marg' Biihop of Leefon
Street in Memory of her Hufband Terance (!) Bishop
who Departed this Life Octr 23d 1774 aged 30.

Gloria in IHS Excelsis Deo

[On Sun.]

This Stone and Burial Place was Erected by Ann
Dourly in Memory of her Beloved Husband John
Dourly who departed this Life the 2d of March 1819 in
the 40th year of his Age also Four of his children who
died young

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1H S
[On Sun.]

This Stone and Burial Place Belonget1' to Edward Hogg
of Ormond Market Victualler and his Pofterity Here
lyeth the Body of his wife Elinor Hogg who Departed
this Life the 18th of December 1702 aged 41 years of
two of his children Iohn Hogg Son of the above Died
Decr 4 1813

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
IHS
[On Sun.]
Memento Mori
As a small tribute of conjugal affection This Stone was
erected by Bridget Dunn in memory of her beloved
Husband Matthew Dunn who on the 13th of March 1799
Closed the mortal Scene in the 49th year of his age Here
lieth the remains of their Son Matthew who died young.

[Cherub.] IHS [Cherub.]

[On Sun.]
Here lyeth the Body of Ann Whelan
Who has not left her Fellow on the Strand
Alas she is gone that good Neighbour
Who always paid the Poor for Labour
Nor drove the Beggar from her door
But gentle was to Kich and Poor
God let her have a blelfed Seat
And let her Offspring all be great
The good Mother the good Wife
Who done no 111 and hated Strife

* There is no date on this most interesting tombstone, or, if
there is, it must be very far below ground, for I poked down for
some inches, but saw nothing else.'

IHS

This Stone and Burial place Belongeth to M1 Peter
O'Neil of the City of Dublin and his Posterity Here
lveth [stone broken] Petr O'Naile Who Departed this
Life the 19th of Septr 1748 Aged 49 years

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IH S

This Stone and Burial place belongeth to Christopher
Darcy of Eansford Street & his Posterity here lieth

• Rest underground.'

IBS

This Stone and burial place belongeth to philip "Walsh
of s\ James Street of the City of Dublin and his
posterity Here lyeth flue [sic] of his children Viz,
Oliver Mary Elizabeth Margrate and Bose "Walsh Anno
Domini 1744

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
+

[Cherub.] I H S [Cherub.]

Memento Mori
This Stone Was Erected by Mary Ann Nowlan in
Memory of her Late Husband Mr Patt Nowlan of
MountBath Queen3. County who Deprd this life 11th
January 180S Aged 48 years

[Cherub.] I H S [Cherub.]

This Stone was Erected by Denis Bray of Fleet Street
Dublin in Memory of his dearly beloved Wife Catherine
Bray who departed this Life the lu, Augst 1809 in the
29th, year of her age also two of their Children who
Died Young.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
[Chalice.] I H S [Chalice.]

Memento Mori
In remembrance of the
many Virtues of a beloved Husband
This Stone was Erected

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by Anne Dunne of Coles Lane
to mark the spot
where be deposited the remains of
Joseph Dunne Builder
who with Confidence in God .
departed this life the 21th of August 1828
Aged 40 years
Here also lie two of their Children
who died young

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
[Flaming Chalice.] I H S [Flaming Chalice.]

This Stone was Erected by Mrs Mary Cunningham in
Memory of her Dearly Beloved Husband Mr, Andw
Cunningham who Departed this Life the 10th of
February 1865 Aged 54 years Late of G\ Britain S\ Also
4 of their Children

Crlasnevin Cluircliyartl.

[Kindly contributed by Mrs. T. Long, Dublin, 1903.]

' Mural Tablet ' :—

Sacred | to, the memory of ] Thomas Tickell Esq, ]
Who was born in 1G86 | at Bridekirk in Cumberland |
He married in 172G Clotilda Eustace | Died in 1740
at Bath, and was buried in this Churchyard | He was
for some time Under-Secretary in England | and after-
wards for many years | Secretary to the Lords Justices
of Ireland | But his highest honour was that of having
been the Friend of Addison,. The sJ Clotilda Eustace
was the daughter & one of the co-heiresses of | Sir
Maurice Eustace Kt. of Harristown in the County of
Kildare j she died in July 1792 in the 92 year of her
age, and was buried in this churchyard.

'Mural tablet, urn above, arms beneath ' : —

William Orr Hamilton am. t.c.d. Barrister- at-law |
departed this life on the 24th day of June 1817 aged
30. | The remains of tins distinguished scholar and
excellent man are interred j in the adjoining cemetery |

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A few of his numerous and afflicted friends have united
in erecting this monument as a Testimony of their
Respect and a Memorial of his Virtues., The admirable
powers of his understanding The accuracy and extent
of his scientific attainments the engaging qualities of
his heart | and the un affected simplicity of his manner |
Have left on the minds of all who enjoyed the privilege
of his Friendship a deep and indelible impression.

' Mural Tablet ' :—

* Tablet on Glasnevin Churchyard wall ' : —

■'Above this were the Beatitudes, now illegible.'

* On churchyard wall ' : —

Rebuilt Anno Domini 1707 Sr. John Rogerson Knight
and Charles Reeves Esq. Churchwardens.

' Churchyard ' : —

John Barrett. D.D. \ Yice-Provost of T.C.D. I aged 68,
1821, ] Catherine Guinness ( niece) 1826 I Mrs. Elizabeth
Kearney wife of | John Kearney of | Wellington St.,
and niece of John Barrett, 1848 | She was a faithful
friend, a loving wife, and a benefactress to the poor.

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Sir. Henry Jebb, Knight 1811.

Notes — " Mr. Justice Jebb was called to the Bar in 1789, &r
advanced to be Justice of the .King's Bench in 1818, & a commis-
sioner of Great Seal (ever exercising powers of Lord Chancellor)
1823, 24, & 25. He was succeeded by Judge Crampton in 1834.
Mr. Justice Jebb was son of Sir Henry Jebb who died in 1811, will
dated 10 Feby 1811. To be buried in Church yard of Glasnevin,
with becoming decency, but at as little expense as possible." Sir
H. Jebb left 3 sons, Frederick, Ross Henry, .who entered Holy
Orders, was rector of Gleavy, Co. Antrim, and Henry, & 2 daughters,
Charlotte Maria, who married John Hill Linde, and Frances
Dorothy, who married John Latouche White.

I. H. S.

Kichard Houid. 1739, " Overseer of ye highways."
Member of vestry at time of restoration of Church in
1707, He along with Pady received a notice from vestry
in 1708 " to gravelle well and make good the Koad from
the gate of the Avenue of his Grace the Lord Primate
& Lord Justice of Ireland to the parish church of Glas-
nevin, and the rather for that his Grace hath been a
benefactor to the Said Church."

Thomas Wall, Baker of St. Michans parish and
numbers of his friends, also Anne his wife also Edward
Kindelon Gardener of Capel St., & 13 of his children.
Erected by daughter of Thomas Wall in memory of her
parents & husband. 1745-1759.

Erected by John Walsh of Jordans Alley in memory of
his father Lawrance and Mother and 3 of his children.
1771 & 1773. also his brother Rev. Laurance Walsh
Doctor of Sorbonne. P.P. of Garristown & Balmydon
who died 1795 aged 79.

George Grattan. aged 22. 1810, He was pre-eminently
skilled as a painter and was justly considered one of the
highest flowers of Irish genius. He devoted his short
life to the duties of a son and the affections of a brother.

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His piety was of that; retiring kind which hides itself
from human scrutiny and while lie saw & admired the
beauty of this world, he yet looked & hoped through
Christ our Lord to be received into another & better.

Succession of Rectors.

1706. — William White.

1707. — Ralph Darling.

1709. — William Woolsey. In 1700 the Churchwardens were
deputed to go from house to house, and collect subscriptions for
ensuing year to be paid quarterly to Rev. Win Woolsey to ''encourage
& better enable him to take pains in discharging his duty."

1710. — Michael Hartlib. In this year an order was made from
the Clerk of the Peace for the county that 60 trees were to be
planted in parish of Glasnevin.

The number of persons applotted was 19. In 1713 Sir John
Rogerson collected money for a bell, and flagging, also " Communion
banisters." He paid £'(55 for a bell, still in existence.

1719. — John Travers. It is to John Travers we owe our
present communion plate. He collected the sum of £19 odd for
the purpose, he himself, Delany, and Sir John Rogerson being chief
subscribers.

The following is account as appears in vestry book, 1725 : —

To one chalice & paten with ye Latin inscription, weighing
19 oz, 15 penny weight at £6, 11. 4, G S per ounce.

To one chalice & Paten with English Inscription weighing 19
oz, 18 penny w. at G/ per oz, £6, 12, 8.

To one large salver weighing 16 oz, & 3 p, w, £5, 7, 0, at 6/8
per oz.

• Engraving inscriptions 12/6. Total, £19. 4. 2.
The inscriptions are : — On salver —

"Humbly dedicated to ye service of ye altar of Glasnevin by ye
curate & parishioners. Anno Dom, 1721." The same on one chalice
and one paten.

On the other two pieces of plate — " D.O.M. In usum Ecclesiae
Parochialis de Glassinevin. Johannes Davys Armiger humillime
Dedecavit Anno Dom 1721."

'In the following year is a list of contributions collected by John
Travers for a church porch which was soon afterwards erected.'

1727. — William Pountney.

1735. — Patrick Delaney, d.d. (pro tern.).

1736. — Richard Parker.

4 For others see " Fingal and its Churches," by Rev. Canon
Walsh, d.d.'

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It ill OKI Cliu roll yard.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

IHS

Here lieth the body of Mathias Runkell Deceas | d
November the 20th 17G0 aged 76.

[From Lord Walter FitzGeralcl.]
the DEEiioxT SLAB, at the Catholic Church.

• The Dermont slab, belonging to the sixteenth century, which
has been more or less described on pages 103-105 of the second
Volume of The Journal, now leans against the west wall of the
Baptistry of this Church ; it was discovered in 1753 buried in the
Protestant Church of Lusk, and removed from thence some years
ago. About the year 1891 the late Colonel Vigors took a rubbing
of it, which is reproduced on the opposite page ; but unfortunately
he made an error or two in the letters by touching up the rubbing
with a pen and ink after having left the place.

'A very old error in the reading of Walter Dermont's wife's
Christian name has been perpetuated since Vallancey read a paper
on this slab before the Royal Irish Academy, in March, 1789, w-hich
was published in the Second Volume of the Transactions of that
Society ; it is there, and has since been, given as /IDdUCa, which
is incorrect. As will be seen in the rubbing here given, the third
letter is an '* I," and there is no " C" in the word. As the "i" s
are not dotted, the second " Hi" may be an " in " ; and, for want of
a better, I would read the word " /iI^Cl^^a,,, though I know of no
such Christian name.

1 The slab consists of a bad quality of limestone, much covered
with small cracks ; in length it measures 5 feet 5 inches, in breadth
2 feet 2 inches, and in thickness up to 5 inches.

' The carving of the letters and the sculpturing of the figures are
crude ; the latter represents the Trinity. The Father is shown as a
King ; the Sox^ our Lord crucified ; and the Holy Ghost, as
the Dove.

'The inscription, cut in "black-letter," runs round the edge of
the stone, with two more lines at the foot of the slab ; the letters
average 3 inches in length ; the right hand bottom corner of the
slab is broken off, and was missing in Vallaneey?s time (1789).

' The date, when perfect, may be any year from 1535 to 153S.

'A word or two in smaller letters follow the " Amen," but they
are illegible.

[To face j)arje 38.

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THE INSCRIPTION ON THE DERMONT SLAB (circa 1537),
NOW IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AT LUSK.

[From rubbings by Lord Walter Fit.: Gerald, li»0(3.J

To face pans 39.]

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* The inscription commences at the foot of the slab, and reads
in the following order ' : —

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* The wife's surname does not appear on the slab.

* A curious feature in the sculpturing is the presence of
two hands in the space between the wife's name and the
Crucifixion. They are inexplicable unless intended for a play on
her surname.

'The name " Dermont " may be an Anglicised form of
M'Dermott.'

The Catholic Church.

' Through the kindness of the Rev. Thomas Byrne, p.p., of Lusk,
I was shown, and allowed to copy, an inscription in relief which is

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cut on an altar-stone (20 inches x 18) now inserted in the High
Altar of St. MacCuilin's Church. The inscription reads ' : —

+ ILLIKVS • AC ■ RMVS • DNS +
D • PATRITOS ■ RVSSELL
AROHIEPVS ■ DV8LINIS

HYBERNIE ■ PRIMAS
ME ■ CONSEGRAVIT
+ AHO - DNI - 1G33 +

' The present Catholic Church was built in 180S, and has been
recently added to. The south, west, and east sides are surrounded
by a burial-ground dating from the same period. In the chapel
enclosure, and facing the street, is a high pyramid of cut granite, on
which is inscribed ' : —

D . O . M

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
BY THE

LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION
OF IRELAND
TO THE

REVEREND PETER JAMES TYRRELL
PARISH PRIEST OF LUSK.
A MARTYR FOR IRELAND
BORN 2-iTH DAY OF JULY 1792
ARRESTED FOR SEEKING A REPEAL OF THE UNION
ON THE 14tH DAY OF OCTOBER 1843
DIED FROM ILLNESS PRODUCED BY HIS
PROSECUTIONS & EXERTIONS FOB. LIBERTY
ON THE 4TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1843
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE

* In the burial-ground attached to the Protestant Church ' : —

* Table-tomb on the west side ' :—

This Tomb was Erected | by Rev4 Walter Dtragan in
memory of his | Parents \Vm. & Cath" Dungan of Lusk |
Wm died Mav the 4th 1755 Aged 72 years j Cathe died
June the 2nJ'l785 Aged 86 years.

Pray for them.

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Flat slab ' :—

Here lieth the Body of Mrs Mary Jane Dixon the most
tender and affectionate wife of Mr James Dixon of
Kilmainham, farmer, who departed this life the . . day
of Feb. 1784 Aged 47 years.

[Then follows an illegible verse in four lines.]

Here lieth the Body of Mr John Dixon father of the
above James, who departed this life the 2nd of May 1784
Aged 85 years.

IH S

This Stone and Burial . .
ngs to William Cavenag .
Hill in Memory of his Po
Under lieth the Body of .
venagh and Wife, he D . .
this life May the 2nd 1692
years Also William Cave .
to the above John Ca . . .
his wife he departed th . .
.... 1770 Aged 81 years

Flat slab ' : —

eth the body of Mark Rochfort Esqr.

.... nestown who departed this life the 28 of
June 1800 Aged 70 years

Here lyeth the
Body of George Murray scnior
who departed this life November
the 25 in the year of our Lord 1734

In the 57t" year of his age^
Here also lyeth the Body of Sarah

Murray wife of the abovenamed
George who departed this Life July
the 9/sh in the year of our Lord 1735

In the 53 year of her age-**
Here lyeth the body of Humphrey Mu

(Rest underground.)

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4 On the south side' :

IH S

Salus Per crucem

This Stone and Burial Place belon-
gs to James Lawless of Belings-

Here lyeth the Body of Bridget
Lawless wife to s(1 James who died
the 13th of Septr 1717 Aged G3 years.
Also Four of their children.
Here also lyeth the Body of Agnes
Dixon Daughter of sd James and
Bridget Lawless who died the 5
of May 1755 Aged 41 years
Bequiescant in pace

THIS STONE AND BURIAL PLACE EE
LONGETH TO RICHARD UMFRIS OF THE
CITY OF DUBLIN, BAKER, AND HIS POSTE-
RITY. HERE LTETH THE BODY OF MARY
UMFRIS THE WIFE OF THE ABOVE SAID
RICHARD UMFRIS WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE THE 13TU DAY OF DECEMBER 1713
IN THE 31 YEAR OF HER AGE

* Headstone, inscription faint ' : —

* Small headstone (the lettering on which has recently been
recut) ' : —

This II1S Stone
And Burialplace belongs to James
Quin of little Holywood and his
Posterity. Ik-re lieth the Body of his
Father Patr" Quiu who departed this
life the 12'h June 3784. Aged 75 year3

town, Farmer.

< Flat slab ' :—

HERE LYETH THE BO
DY OF IOHN FVL

LAMD.

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Here lietb also the bodyes of two of
his children. Here likewise lieth the

body of Agnes Quin Daugter (sic) to the
above James Quin Shee departed
this Life the 15 of April 1792 Aged 15 year8

' A headstone ' : —

DY OF XI

BROWNE WHO

DEPARTED THIS LIFE^

THE Ist DAY OF 172 •

THIS STONE WAS

BY HIS WIFE MARY BROW
KE ALIAS CORCORAN.

' At the east side of the burial-ground ' : —

Here lyeth ye Body of Michael
Doyle who depd this life May

ye gth 1703 [n ye 54 year of ]lig

Age, & Ann his wife who like
wise depd this Life June ye 9^
1722 in the 77 year of her age.
& three of their sons viz —

Peter James & Denis
Iohn Doyle ye only survivin
son . .

(Remainder underground.)

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Here lyeth the Body of
Christopher Russell who
Deceased April the 15th
1750 Aged 47 years.

' Lusk is dedicated to St. MacCuilin, a name locally pronounced
" Macklin." He was venerated on the Gth of September.

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Harold's Cross Church, Duolin.

South Gallery.

K [From Captain G. S. Gary.]

This tablet is erected by her sorrowing parents as a
tribute of affection to the Memory of their beloved child
Mary Clarke Manifold, who for many years attended
the church and Sunday school of Harolds Cross and
departed this life on the 20:l1 of February 1864 aged 12
years G months and 27 days. Also their beloved and
lamented son Richard Fenton Manifold who died at
Morar Gwalior India on the 21st of July 18G5 aged
3 years and 8 months.

" I love them that love me, and those that seek me
early shall find me." Prov. viii chap 17 verse.

" But one thing is needful ; and Mary hath chosen that
good part which shall not be taken away from her."
Luke x chap 42 verse.

Malaliitle Oaiarcliyaril.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

The Maud Plunkett Altar-to.aib.

* Situated in the nave of these church-ruins (which stand close
to the castle) is an altar-tomb, bearing on the covering slab the
effigy of a lady cut in low relief, dressed in the costume of the
fifteenth century. There is no inscription.

' The lady's head rests on a double cushion, and her feet are
supported on another cushion, tasselled at the corners. She wears
the horned-head-dress of the period.

' Her dress opens low at the throat A band encircles the waist,
and cuffs are worn at the ends of the sleeves. There is no neck orna-
ment. The skirt of the dress falls in straight folds to the ankles,
and an underskirt reaches to the feet. The train of the upper skirt
sweeps round to the right side. The hands are placed, palms
downwards, flat upon the breast.

4 The features of the face are worn away*

1 A raised band runs around the edge of the slab, but there are
no traces of letters on it.

• The slab, which is fractured in places, measures 7 feefc in
length, and 3 feet 9 inches in breadth.

'Each of the four sides of the altar-tomb bears a shield, on
which are carved in relief either coats-of-arms or religious emblems.
And each shield is supported by three angels, one on either side,
low down, and one at the back.

To face 2)(tpe 45.]

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THE MAUD PLUNKETT TOMB (15TH CENTURY) IN
CHURCH RUINS AT M A L AH IDE.

[With rubbings of the shields by Lord Walter Fit; Gerald, 1005.]

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1 1 The shield at the west end shows a heart pierced by two-
swords, saltire-wise, emblematic of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

' II. On the north side is a shield bearing the Plunkett and an
unidentified coat-of-arms, impaled, viz. : —

'For Plunkett — " Sable a bend argent, in the sinister chief a
tower triple-towered of the second."
[On the bend is cut an "annulet," a mark of
cadency, denoting a fifth son.]

'For (?) — Chequey.

' III. The shield at the east end is carved with the emblems of
our Lord's Passion and Crucifixion. Down the middle of the shield
is a cross. To the right of it are a pincers, hammer, crown of
thorns, a ladder, and two scourges. To the left of the cross are
carved three nails, the seamless vest, three dice, and a spear.

' IV. On the south side the shield bears the Talbot and Plunkett
coats-of-arms impaled, viz. : —

'For Talbot — " Argent, a lion rampant gules."

' For Plunkett — The coat described above (II), except that the
stone-cutter has reversed the design in error..

' From the Calendars of Exchequer Bolls in the Dublin Record
Office, supplemented by " Burke's Peerage," I have been able to
put together the following particulars about the Matilda, or Maud,
Plunkett represented on the tomb.

' She was the daughter of Sir Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of
Killeen, who died in 1445. He was of Bathregan in the County
Meath and of Killeen in right of his wife Joan, daughter and heir
of Sir Luke Cusack of Killeen.

' Maud Plunkett was three times married : —

' First — To Sir Thomas Hussey, Baron of Galtrim, whose-
widow she was in 1430. He is said to have been slain on the day
of his marriage.

' Secondly — To Sir Bichard Talbot of Malahide, who was living
in 1438.

1 Thirdly — To John Cornewalsh, Chief Baron, whose wife she
was in 1445.

'Maud Plunkett survived her third husband by several years,,
and the date of her death is given by Burke as occurring on the
17th July, 14S2.

' Her tomb at Malahide gives one the idea that it is a cenotaph,
that is, a monument erected during her lifetime, and when she was
the wife of Sir Bicbard Talbot. Firstly, because it bears no-
inscription ; and secondly, because the arms of her third husband
do not appear on it.:: If this is the case, she was probably not
buried at Malahide at all, but with her third husband's people.

* Unless the unidentiried coat (II) is his. Burke's "Armoury" gives no-
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JPaliuerstonvn Cluii'diyarcl.

[From Lord Walter Fitz Gerald.]

1 This churchyard is in a disgraceful state of neglect. Most of
the walls of the church ruins are still standing; the church consisted
of nave and chancel, a plain round arch being in the dividing wall;
a belfry, hid in ivy, tops the west gable ; there is no cut stone-work
now left in the windows, with, the exception of a square one in the
north wall of the nave. Apparently the oldest inscription in the
•churchyard is one dated 1701, m the south-east comer; it is cut on
a. slab built into a small enclosure, and reads as follows ' : —

HEBE LYETH THE
BODY OF IOSHUA
WILSON WHO DEPAP.
TED THIS LIFE THE 24th
DAY OF APRIL IN THE
YEAR OF OUR LORD

1701

1 In the chancel lies a large fractured slab on which is
inscribed ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF
MATHEW ALEN OF PALMERSTOWN
ESQ. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
IULY YE 14th 1645. THIS STONE
WAS LAID HERE BY HIS
DAVGHTER MAD" ALICE ALEN

'The Alens, of Palmerstown, were a branch of those of St.
Wolstan's, in the County Kildare. The above-named Matthew was
the son of John Alen, of Talmerstown (ob. 8th August, 1601), the
son of Matthew Alen, of Paimersiown (ob. 21st November, 1589),
the second son of William Alen, of Castletown, near Celbridge, in
Kildare, who was a brother of Sir John Alen, Knt., of St. Wolstan's,
County Kildare, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.'

« The long inscription which follows has already appeared
in The Journal (tide volume iii., page 133), but it has been so

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inaccurately given there, that it is reproduced in this number ; it
reads '

5HIS MONVMEN* IS ERECTED BY j:OHN 3£eATINGE
ESQ" CH : ^VSTICE OF Ye COVET OF COM : PLEAS
2 SON OF gDM : JtEATINGE OF NORRAGH-
MORE IN COM : J{lLDARE ESQr BY cLLINOR
fiVSTACE HIS 2 WIFE DAVGHTER OF jOn
fiVSTACE OF XlRRISTOWN IN Ye COM :
AFORE S!i ESQr IN MEMORY OF Ye h*« <^RACE
SHVCKBVRGH Y< RELICT OF Sr ^ICHARD-
SHVCKBVRGH OF SHVCKBVRGH IN Ye CO : OF
WARWICK KK SHE WAS ONE OF Y« DAVGHrs OF Sr
$£OLT OF ASTON-IVXTA-ggERMINGHA- IN Ye
S* COM: BAR4. AFTER SOM YEARES VIDVITY ON Ye
21th Sr 1659 SHE INTERMARRYED W** Ye Sd p THEN
A STVDENT AT ofilNCOLNS JNN Wk WHOME HAV-
EING LIVED V?ih MVCH MVTVALL COMFORT &
SATISFACON SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE Ye 12th
OF JL? : 1677 & IS HERE JNTERED IN JL VALT
WHEREIN ARE LIKEWISE DEPOSITED Ye ASHES
OF Ye Sd £DMd : & gLLINOR WHO HAD BOTH
BEEN FORMERLY BVRYED IN THIS GROVND.
& W» IT SHALL PLEASE Ye ^4-LMIGHTY TO
PVT AN END TO HIS Y« SJ j;OHNS PILGRIM-
AGE, HIS DESIRES NOW ARE Y£ HIS BONES MAY-
BE LAID BY THEIRS IF CONVENIENTLY IT
MAY BE.

4 The monument this inscription is copied from is a plain mural
one in a projecting frame, which is built into the south wall of, and

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inside, the chancel ; below it is a vault, probably the one referred to
in the inscription. Many of the letters are conjoined, and some of
the first letters of certain words are of an ornamental character ;
the inscription is incised, and owing to its height the first seven
or eight lines are not legible unless reached by a ladder.

'The John Keatinge here mentioned died issueless in October,
1691 ; his father, Edmund Keatinge, was the first of his name in
Narraghmore, winch lies between Kilcullen and Atlry, in the County
Kildare. The latter in his will styles himself " of the City of Dublin,
Esq.," and died on the 25th April, 1G59 ; by his wife Ellenor he
was brother-in-law to Sir Maurice Eustace, Lord Chancellor of
Ireland.

« Mr. F. Elrington Ball has written an article on the career of
John Keatinge, the Chief Justice ; it was published in (the consecu-
tive) vol. x, pp. 141-5, of "The Journal of the Cork Archaeological
Society," in the year 1901.

1 Sir Maurice Eustace, the Lord Chancellor, resided at Harris-
town, near Ballymore-Eustace, County Kildare ; and in Damask
Street (now Eustace Street, Dublin) ; his father John was a younger
son of William Eustace, of Castlemartin, County Kildare.'

Fortmarnock Olrt Clmrcliyartl.

[From E. E. M'C. Dix.]

IHS

[Eosette.]

Here lieth the body
of Anne Molloy who Depa
rted this life oct, [sic] the 11 1714
Aged 8 years

« This stone has top right-hand comer wanting/

Underneath this Stone
Lieth the Remains

Isaac Willan Esq of Carrick Hill
Who departed this Life Febr the 2G 179— [broken]
Aged 59 Years

Stay Pafsenc:er stay Here I lie
As you are fo onee was I
And as 1 am fo you will be
Prepare for Death and Follow Me

1 The stone is broken across at the last line.'

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$£ere lieth y body I of Andrew Qyin de | ceasd Sep*
y 11 1736 | aged " 60 also his | son Patrick Qvin I
deceas* March 19

IHS

Here lieth the Bodv of John Lowry | who Departed this
life the 6th cay | of April 1792 in the 72nd year of his
Age ! His wife May Lowry died lanuary 19 | 1777 in
the 83r4 [sic] year of her Age | His Son Thomas Lowry
died March 18tb | 1767 in the 21th year of his Age

4 Then follow an illegible line and a half. Lichen so covers
this inscription that it may not he quite accurately copied. These
were the only old inscriptions I could find, save one that was but a
fragment of two or three words, and hardly legible. There are many
modern headstones, as burials still take place there. There is a
table-monument railed off in the chancel of the ruined church,
which I could not get at. It was covered also with decaying leaves,
twigs, &c.'

at. Joint's Churchyard.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

1 Fine coat-of-arms.'

Here lyeth the bodie of | Eobert | Echlin who
departed this | life the 20th day of december | 1706

AGED 71 YEARS AS ALSO | THE BODIE OF AnXE FRANCES j

Agnes Eustace & Penelope | his children.

Here lies ye body of Thorns Oakes of Francis [?] Street
who departed in Full Assurance of Faith, May 1763.

Sovereign Grace Redeeming Love
His theme below His song above.

I. H. S.

Sacred to the memory ! of Travers Blackley Esqr |
Late Representative in Parliament of j the City of
Dublin who departed this | Life the 27th of March 1796
aged 73 years. | Here also is interred his son-in-law |

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John Blackley Esqr'e who died the | 13th of October
1801 aged 34 years j and of Temperance his wife who |
departed this life 10th of February 1809 j aged 49 years.

The Burial Place of Simon and Dorcas [?] Davenport,
Dorcas Shepherd alias Davenport their Daughter ; and
Simon Davenport Esqre and Dorcas Davenport j Her
son and Daughter-in-law I of Cullentra in the Co, Cavan
and many of their children, grandchildren | and great
grandchildren j are buried here. Restored by Simon
Davenport j Grandson of [ Simon Davenport Esq, |
June. 1881.

Here lyeth the Body I of Elizabeth Perrin | who
departed this life | September 17, 1769 and her three
Daughters i Elizabeth Mary and Sophia | Here also
lietb the body of Mr. | Alfred Peirin who departed this |
life on the 17th of October 1776 j Greatly lamented by
his friends and particu | larly by the Poor

A tomb of Father Murphy is also there. He died 1792, but it is
very illegible and broken.

To face page 51.]

THE CARMACK, OR McCORM ICK, COAT-OF-ARMS ON A
TOMBSTONE IN ST. KEVIN'S OLD CHURCHYARD, 1740.

[From a rubbing by the Mev. R. Si Uafett.}

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&t. ICevin's OUl Cliurcliyard.

[From the Rev, R. S. Maffett, e.a.]

(Continued from yage 500, Vol. VI.)

4 Row I, No. 19. — A flat stone, close to No. 18. I had the
earth and sod removed from this slab by the caretaker, and was
then surprised to find a coat-of-arms carved on it; there being, as
far as I am aware, only two others in the churchyard (for the
Leeson arms, see page 287, vol. vi). I took a rubbing of the arms,
and also of the inscription, though the latter does not present any
features of particular interest. The arms seem to be : — On a
chevron between three swords, those in chief with points downwards,
and that in base with point upwards, as many [ ? j with a crescent
for difference. These arms impale apparently a bend with three
horses' heads erased. The crest is a bird of some sort on a rock.*
The tinctures are not given. I saw lately on a book-plate — name,
Michael Cormick — the arms described above as on the dexter side,
having what I believe were three roundels on the chevron. They
were without the crescent, and with a different crest. On the
tombstone the devices on the chevron seem to have a hollow
between the centre and an outer rim. I am r«ot aware to what
family the impaled arms belonged. The lettering is in small
characters, as follows ' : —

This Stone and Burial place
Belongeth to Iolm Carmack of
New Street GentInJ and his Posterity
here Lyeth his Son Robert who
dyed the 21st Iune 1740 Aged Six
years

' No. 20 is a headstone, leaning to the south, close to the
wall, and some 3 feet from No. 19. There is, in relief, an
I H S, with cross above, and heart pierced by arrows below,
within a double-pointed circle, which has " Gloria in Excelsis
Deo," in written characters, round it, and on either side a

* I hud in " The Book of Family Crests" (1851) a martlet on a rock as the
crest for M Cormac and Cormack, Sco," as well as for " M'Corruack and
M'Cormick, Sco." But the bird carved is not a martlet. There are families
bearing these names spelt with 41 a "instead of " o," and belonging to Ireland
and Cornwall, noted in Burke's " General Armoury," and the above work.

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cherub's head, over a sacramental vessel, surmounted by a cross
also in relief ' : —

'No. 21. — A large limestone ("?) slab on freestone (?) supports
is surrounded by very rusty railings close to ihe last. The slab is
a little shaky, and some of the granite flagging, which covers most
of the space inside the railings, is disarranged. The age, 107, in
lb e last line is quite plain ' : —

Sacred to the memory
of

Henry Thomas Brqwnrigg Esqk
who departed this life on
the 21st of December 1830,
Aged 75 Years.
Also of
Elizabeth, his Wife, who
departed this life on the
7th of July 1831.
Aged 63 Years.
Also Anne Wife of

CaPT. K. F. BaOWNRIGG,

who died 1st July 18G8 Aged 107 Years.

' The wall behind the tomb is covered with plaster oi a yellowish
colour over the whole breadth of the enclosed space. In the centre,
a couple of feet or so above the tomb, there is on the wall a slatish
slab flaking off, against which is placed a marble urn (on a pedestal)
with the following inscription, parts of which are very indistinct.
The slab, which is somewhat like the side of a low, broad obelisk
in appearance, bad to be re-fastened, 1 was told, to the wall some
years ago.'

[H.] S. E.

The Remains of
Capt[k?; PaciiAim F. BaowxKiGG

of his Son
Majoi; Robert Shaw Bbownrigg
and of his Grandchildren

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John [? High]M0R1! Montague
and

Anna Maria Louisa [Jerolde]
Also of

Constance Ann Skeats [Jerolde]
who died 18th March, X8.[88Q
Aged 2 Years.

' No. 22 is a fossiliferous headstone about a foot from No. 21 ' :—

To the Memory of Margaret Moore | And Jane Se[c]aur,
Also two Brothers | John ONeill Died August the 16th
1SQ7 j Aged 3 2 Years, Thomas ONeill Died j February
the 2SrJ1819 Aged 19' Years. | Also the remains of
Marg* 0 Neill Died j Janr>" 15th 1829 Aged 65 Years j an
affectionate Wife & tender Mother, j Beloved, Farewell
a lit lie while.

4 No. 23 is an upright stone about half a foot from the last.
The central ornament, with text, is the same as on No. 20. On
either side of this there is, in relief, a cherub's head looking towards
the centre of the stone ' : —

This Stone was erected by Patrick McGee, j of Kevin
Street Harness Maker : as a Tribute | of affection, to
Five of his Beloved Children : | who died Young. Anno
Domino [.sic] 1828. | And of [sic] his beloved Daughter
. Teresa, who died | the 17th of June 1815. aged 15
years. • Also his Son James, who died I'1 Jany 1818,
■ aged 29 years j Here also lie the remains of the
above | Patrick McGek, j who died 22nd An?4 1855, aged
70 years. | And to commemorate his eldest Son j
Edward, (whose remains are interred in | Kilbride
C° WicMow,) He died 10th May 18[53]. | And The
Revd Joseph Eltas McGee, C.C. | his youngest Son
died on the 22nd Augt 1870. \ whose remains are laid
in the Vaults of | St. Andrew [sic] Westland Row |
Here also are interred the remains of Mks Mary
M'Gee, | Relict of the above Patrick McGee, | who
died 29th Jan-' 1877, aged 90 years, j Also their Second
eldest Son the Vr*. [sic] Rev'" Father | Henry aFGee,
O.C.C. X. Prior of the Carmelite Comunitv [sic] \
AYhitefriar Sl who died 27<h I)ecr 1879, aged 01. year?.
And | the 40,:;- year of his Sacred Ministery [sic] . j
Rerjuiescant in pace.

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1 No. 24 is a small headstone with ornamental top, leaning to
the south, and about a foot and a half from No. 28. The names
are in sloped capitals ' : —

This Stone was Erected to the | Memory of Elisabeth
[m] jokes I who Departed this Life March 7th 1709, j
Aged 84 Years, also Lies Interd [sic] here | the Body
of elisabeCth] ligrton [sic] | who Departed this Lite
July 4th 180 [5?] | Aged GO Years.

'No. 25. — This slab, 16 inches in width and 88 in height, is
inserted in the wall, but apparently goes below the level of the
ground. Most of it is covered by No. 21, which stands only some
8 inches out from the wall. The inserted slab projects 6 inches at,
the head and 8 at the foot to the right hand of the headstone (No.
24), which latter is 27 inches wide. This made it very difficult to
copy, or take a rubbing of, parts of the slab, especially what is con-
jectured to be an abbreviation of "with." The last word is very
small and has the " 22 " above it ' : —

Here lyeth y* Body .
of \\7sn Leigh ton [sic]
who dyed y° 2a of
Novr 1764 acred
5[9] yrs [? wtb] Elinor
his Daughter a"ed

1 No. 26 is a very low altar-tomb leaning to the south and only
a foot above the ground at the other side, its head is close to the
wall and some 6 inches from Nos. 24 and 25. It has in relief an
i h s, with cross above, within a double pointed circle, gloria in
excelsis deo, in sloped capitals, is carved round the upper part of
the circle, and Monento Mori, in written characters, on a line below
it. There is, in high relief, a cherub's head looking upwards and
towards the centre of the stone on cither side ' : —

Underneath are deposited the Remains of | Mr Bartholo-
mew Cullinan ] late of Aimgier Street | who departed
this Life 10th September lbOS | Aged 1.0 Years j Lord
have mercy on his Soul Amen

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' No. 27 is a flat stone about a couple of feet from the' last
memorial. At the top there is a headstone erected after 1860, but
the inscription on which, as giving some particulars of the Rev.
John Lewis (whose death in 182G is recorded, on the older stone), I
subjoin. The entry in Cotton's "Fasti" with respect to this
clergyman is: — li 1799-1800. John Lewis, B.A., collated December
81-st (FF.) ; installed January Oth. He died in. 1826." He was
tiie immediate successor of the celebrated Walter Blake Kir wan in
the prebend of Howth. The figure in brackets in the seventh line
is perhaps more likely to be 3. None of the other " 3's," however,
have rounded heads. On the other hand, all the undoubted " 8's "
have the curve from the left hand of the upper part to the right
hand of the lower part of the figure deeply cut ' : — ,

Here lieth the Body of Miss Ann Lewis
who departed this Life 15th June 1S0S,
aged 10.

Here lieth the Body of Francis Richard Lewis
who departed this Life 26th March 1812,
aged 18

Sarah Catherine Lewis, aged 2[3 or 8]
departed this Life
14th September 1819.
MRS Mary Lewis, aged 57
departed this Life
3d May 1824.

Revd John Lewis aged 7 [ ?3] years
Departed this Life
1 [3]th December 1820
M;-s Mary Warren who died
on the 1st March 1828 aged 82 years.

Frances Martha Lewis who
died on the 12th April 1882 aged 20 years.'

Erenezar [sic] Warren Lewis
Barrister at Law who died on
the 6th March 1835 aged 31 years.

Here lieth the Body of Elizabeth Lewis
second child of the Eevj John Lewis
who departed this life on the 19th of
L)ecember 1872 aged 81 years.

Also

the Body of John Edward Lewis lieu1 Colonel

late GHth Light Infantry
who died on the 22!,d June 1878V aged 72 years.

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' Granite headstone (mentioned above) with marble slab and
block capitals : : —

4 No. 28.— -A limestone slab on granite supports, with flags
underneath, about a foot and a half from No. 27. It has a doable
pointed circle with " Gloria in Excelsis Deo" in capitals round the
upper part. H Memento Mori," in written characters, is divided by
the lower part of the circle, which contains, in relief, an I H B,
with cross above and heart pierced by arrows beneath ; only a rim
round the heart is raised ' :— -

Erected by Bartn* O'Connor of | Kevin S\ Inn Keeper
here lieth his | Mother Sister & three Children | Ano
Domino [sic] 1812 | Here also are deposited the Mortal
Remains j of the above named Mr Bartholomew [sic]
O'Connor I who departed this Life April 22r(1 1828 j
Aged 59 Years. | lie lived Respected and he died
Regretted | Also the Remains of his beloved Wife | Mrs
Anne O'Connor who departed this Life | the 7th day of
March 1838 Aged 70 Years, j She lived beloved and
died Regretted, j Requieseant in Pace.

'No. 21). — A Hat stone from which I had to get the earth, kc,
removed by the caretaker, this being a somewhat heavy undertaking,
as in two former cases. It lies about a toot from No. 28, and has
similarly carved devices and words, the whole of the I II S. with
cross, however, being in this case in relief, and not merely the
outlining edges, as in 28 ' : —

This Stone was placed here by Mrs, | Elizabeth Caflry
in Memory of her I Beloved Husband M1 Hugh Caffry
of | Kevins Port who Departed this Life 17th, | May
18 11 Aged 58 years j The Lord have Mercy on his Soul
Amen | Also Ten of his Children who died at a | very
Early Age j Beneath this is [sic} Entombed the Remains
of Master I Hugh Cathy a dutiful Son & an Affection^ j
Brother | and if ever sitch deserved the admiration of a !
Numerous Circle ot Friends he died Regretted by all who

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knew him and ever to be lamented | by a disconsolate
Mother who has dedicated | this to his Memory In the
25th Year of his Age he I Surrendered with pious Resig-
nation to bis [sic] | Omnipotent being [sic] on the 8th,
day of July 1816 | Requieseant in Pace

1 No. 80 is h headstone about a foot from the last, and apparently
sunk dee]) in the earth. It has, in relief, an I H S with cross
within a single pointed circle, the alternate points of which are
curved. \\ there is any further inscription, it must be after a
greater space than that' between the lines above ground': —

This Stone and Burial place be- | longeth to Barnard
[sic ] 0 Brim of Cu- | fit Street and his pofterity | Here
iietSi Elizabeth 0 Brien his j Daughter, fhe died Bee.
10 1780. Ag- | ed 11 Years.

•' This stone (No. BO; is some seven feet from the vail of an out-
office built at right angles to the churchyard wall, and jutting out
twelve feet. With it Bow I of the southern or larger portion of the
graveyard is ended.'

I'itisS'*, Xortii Mistsr tetvvei. £*tcb1in.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

' Inside the church ' : —

Sacred to the memory of | Lieut. Col. L. T. D. E.
Browne | of His Majesty's I twenty-first Beg' of Foot,
' or ; Royal North British Fuzileers j who was barbar-
ously murdered by an armed banditti | in this City | en
the 23rd of .July 1K03 | As a small tribute of respect j to
his Memory IBs Brother Officers j Have erected this
stone.

Near this place lie Interred | the remains of Capt" John
Minchin j Lieut. ColonelJoseph Ferguson i and J Capt11
Archibald Ruthcrfurd | of the XXYI1 or Enniskillen
Regiment. | they departed tins life \ within a few days
of each other | In the year MPCCLXXXV11I j Beloved
and lamented, by their j Brother Oflicers and Fellow
soldiers | who have ! as a Testimony of unfeigned aiTec-
tion j and a .-mail tribute to their numerous virtues —
erected this stone.

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Sacred to the memory | of Francis Gregory Esqrt | late
of Blackball Street who j died at Passy near Paris 6th \
of August 1817. j This tablet is erected by his j widow
Sophia Gregory as | a simple but unfeigned tribute of
affection sorrow & | respect.

Sacred to the memory of | Lieut. Colonel Augustus
Cuyler | Chief Commissioner of t he Metropolitan Police |
of the City of Lublin | and formerly in the Coldstream
Regiment; of Foot Guards | Died June 14th 1837 aged
40 years | Respected, beloved and lamented | by all who
knew him. j He was the third son of the late General
Sir C. Cuyler. Bart. | Farewell to hint whom youthful
valour drew | to seek a soldiers fame at Waterloo. |
Farewell to him so prompt with friendship's balm j the
anguish of the sorrowing heart to calm | of pining want
to cheer the low abode j the hand concealing whence the
bounty flowed | To him farewell benevolent and kind j
of spirit joyous and of ardent mind j Farewell io him
whose early grave contains j all that was earthly of his
dear remains | but Christian hope is not bestowed in
vain | that those we loved on earth may meet again |
Where grief no more shall pain nor death destroy j but
faith in Christ be crowned with heavenly joy.

Sacred to the Memory of | Lieut John. Cockbum j of
the Royal Horse Artillery | eldest son of | Colonel
Cockbum Royal Artillerv | Who departed this life at |
Island Bridge Dublin | November 7lh 1837 aged 36. j
This tablet is placed j in tribute of affection ! by his
afllicted family | deeply deplored by' them j and
lamented by ail Who knew his Worth.

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Sacred | to the Memory of | Edward Trevor Esq™
M.D. ! who departed this life 12th February 1887 |
aged 71 years | Also of Mary his wife I Who died 18th
March 18 A 2 | Aged 75 years | Their mortal remains are
deposited in a vault | underneath this Church and this
tablet has been | erected to their Memory by their
surviving children j . In the adjoining ground also
repose the mortal remains | of seven children of Captain
Edward j Trevor Royal Artillery (eldest son j of the
above), and Anne Catherine his wife, j This inscription
is added to their memory I as a small but sincere tribute
of parental affection that passeth not away, And of
sorrow, that is not without hope ! For our Redeemer
s&itfa | Suffer little children & forbid them not to j come
unto Me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven, j
Matt. 19. v. 14.

Sacred to the Memory of I Charles Richardson | of
Montpelier Hill in this parish ^Yho died 4tb of January
I860 j Honoured beloved and lamented | by all who
knew him | This tablet is erected in affectionate remem-
brance | by his sisters and brothers | who mourn the
loss of so much excellence, | Jesus said unto Martha
Thy brother shall rise again, j John 11. 23 ver.

This tablet is erected to the memory of | George
AVhitaker Esqre | a resident for many years ] of
St Paul's Parish | He acted as Churchwarden several
times i and was also a governor | of the Parochial
Schools, j He died on the 10th of August 1860 | aged 76'
years.

Sacred to the memory of Edward Simmons Irwin
Esqre who died at Rutland Square | 17th January 1846
In the 62!,i year of his age | Beloved and respected by
those who knew him | In every relation of life he was
most exemplary | but in none did lie shine more j
brightly than in those of husband Eat her & Friend. ]
This sad tribute to record his virtues | Is erected by his
afflicted widow j and sorrowing children i who humbly
and with j true faith iook forward to the blessed hope |
of meeting him they tenderly loved | In the mansion of
everlasting bliss.

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Near this monument | with his most dear and beloved
wife Rebeea | Lies Edward Smith M, D, | the tenth
son of the Eight Rev. Thomas | Formerly Bishop of
Limerick j His uncommon ability j had received great
improvement | From an excellent education | His
cheerful Temper | adorned with every branch of elegant
learning | and correct taste | for the Eine Arts | made
him in social life j a most agreeable Friend. | In Ids
Profession his faithful attention Integrity and skill |
advanced him early to the highest class | where he
shone with distinguished merit | above thirty years. |
His liberality in conferring favours | was only equalled |
by his graceful and happy manner of bestowing them j
and in charity was never weary of doing good | . In
memory of so accomplished a man j His two nephews
George & Thomas Smith j the grateful executors of his
will | ordered this monument to be erected | Born May
1709 Died November 17th 1778.

Sacred | to the memory of j Arthur Hume Esq™ ! Lately
Teller of the Exchequer in Ireland j whose benevo-
lence j and Christian charity | during a long and
honourable life | were unbounded j He died on the
*2Sth of December j 1843 | aged 7G years.

Sacred to the memory of j Richard Piobinson j Late of
the Royal Phoenix Iron Works j of the City of Dublin
Esq"' f who was born at Kingston upon Hull | on the
19u> of July 1766 and settled in this city | in the year

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1800 where lie died on the 17th Jan | 1844 in the 76lh
year of bis age | prompt & uncompromising I in ail ins
actions, with strict integrity he combined | True
Benevolence and Charity | Without Ostentation

' This concludes the tablets inside St. Paul's Church. The
Royal Arms are still on the front of the gallery. In the vestry
there is a very nice old press with " The gilt of Richard Robinson "
on it, and a fine old chest with three padlocks ; but, unfortunately,,
neither lias any date — at any rate, outside.'

Here both the body of Margaret | the Wife of Mr Henry
Moore lute j of Hastings in Sussex but now | an inhabi-
tant of this Parish. She | Departed this life the 23rd
day of [ .August 1757 aged 58.

• Much broken, an hour-glass at one side ': —

The burial Edward W7alsh | posterity

March 25th 1723.

Here lieth j the body of Sarah Logan | late wife of
James Logan who j departed Ins life 3rd May 1706 | aged
56 years also 2 of her grand | sons viz James & Marcus
Barker.

Here lieth the body of | John Davis Junr. who | Died
the 11 March 1752 j aged 26 years also the | Body of
John Perry who j died 2 August 1752 aged 56 years.

Here lieth the body of Henry Ashworth Esq1'6 | who
filled all the characters that constitutes j an

Honest man as son Husband Father Friend | Enemy
to none | a real loss to all | This marble sacred to his
memory | also of his father & mother who died many |
years before him. This was Raised by the Direction
of his wife as a small tribute to his memory j He Ex-
changed mortality | In hone of a glorious Immortality |
13th April P766 | aged 12 | Here also lieth interred |
tlio body of Miss Emelia Sandy, Grand Daughter of the
above Mr Henry Ashworth, who j departed this life the
14th day of July 1791 aged 5 years

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Sacred to the memory of | Mary Bennett | who died
August 1708 aged 40 j and of j Elizabeth Duff | who
departed this life j November 14th 1602 aged GO |
Blessed are they that trust in God through the Lord
Jesus Christ.

Here "es the mortal part of Mrs. Judith | Bannen with
her two infants dear | who departed this life on the
27th day j of May 1784 aged §8 years. \ 0 King angels
watch this sleeping dust | Till Jesus come to raise the
just [ Then may she wake with sweet surprize j and in her
Saviour's image rise | Also the remains of Thomas
Barber who departed this life | the 25th of April 1843 |
aged 83 years

Not lost but gone before. | This j stone & burial Place |
Belongeth to Mr John Evans j of Lifley Street i and
his posterity | Who departed this life Jan the 7th 1785 |
aged 75 years, j Here lyeth Six of his children | and
also his mother in law | Judith Fletcher aged 81
years, j Mary Evans widow of the above died | on the
4tb of November 1807 aged 84 | Mary Montgomery
Daughter of the above | Died on the 1st of .May 1850
aged GO. Lieut. Col. | , James Bowes Grandson of the
above John & Mary Evans Formerly of H.M. j 87th
Regiment Royal Irish Fusiliers who died j on the oti; of
May 1857 aged 6(5.

1797.

This stone & Burial Place | Belongeth to Joseph
Williamson of | Aston's Quay Grocer | here lietb three I
of his beloved children Joseph John | and Jane
Williamson who died young | Here also lieth the rem*
of his niece | Elenor Thompson who departed this life |
the 15th of Jan* 1802 aged 25 years. Here lieth the
remains of the above I Joseph AVilliamson who departed
this life | the of j;my 1807 aged 59 years. | Here
also lieth the remains of Tho" Williamson son to the

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Here Lieth the Body of Mrs. Hannah Coddington |
Wife of Dixie Coddington | Esq10 and Daughter of
Robert Waller | Late of Allerstown in the County of |
Meath Esqre. She departed this Life | The 15th day of
January in the year of | our Lord 1768 aged r'vty two
years | Here also lieth the body of | Dixie Cod.mgton
Esq™ husband of the | above Lady, he died m September
1776 in the 88ni year of his age | and also the body of
Dixie Coddington | Junr Es'jre grandson of the above
mentioned | Dixie Coddington and Joint Serg1, at arms |
with his Father of the Kingdom of Ireland, i He
departed this life at Corke | the 26th day of August 1787
in the 22nd year of his age. | To the endless sorrow &
affliction of his desolate Parents.

Here lyeth the body of Waiter j Stephens late of Burns
in.Ossory | Esqiewho | departed this life the 19th day of |
January 1716 aged forty nine years. |

This stone was erected by | Elizabeth Heron in memory
-of ] her late husband Thomas Heron j of Tigb Street
who departed this life 2Gll; Feb. 1771 | aged 89 years
who | with S of his children by said wife \ Lyes here-
interred, viz. Matthew, Elinor j and Jane who died in
their infancy |

Kear this stone lies the remains of the late j Robert
Daly Surgeon to the 55th Reg j t of Foot who | departed
this life the 19;h November 176- j His goodness of heart
and . . . endeared him to all his acquaintance | His
benevolence to the Distress'*? j His tender care of the
Infirm j Earned him the universal | love of the soldiers |
the misfortunes of his friends | he sincerely felt His
faults religiously concealed | He spoke well of the
absent | and made the happiness of ethers his own.
■Quis desiderio sic pud or aut modus j Tarn Caput, j

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Hero rests the remains of a most faithful j Serv* Alex1 j
Calder who died in Dublin | ye27th of Dec' 1782 in the
service of Lieut, James Irwine, who bad been | Butler to
his Father & Grand | father. His wife Elizabeth Jones
with equal Fidelity sen ed as Housekeeper to'! His
Father Grandfather and Great Grand I father and died
a few months before | Her husband, j The uncommon
affection and attention of both to these several masters
from his birth truly Claimed and j Procured them his
early Esteem & | Friendship of his Parents Becoming a |
Sentimental Youth he Paid them the | last Tribute of
regard while alive | and tears of regret at their Death. [
Reader | it was the fixed opinion of Great | Count
Tessino Governor to the present | King of Sweden that
it was the fault of | Masters & Mistresses that made bad |
Servants for good wages ] (?) & Gentleness | of Conduct
in Superiors Creates Sent.i j ments in Menial Breasts, j
A Suede scriptet.

1 Cherub at top ' : —

Lieut1, Will* Gordon aged II years j Departed this life
suddenly being only j 4 hours' ill Aug81 2"' 170(>. | The
only son of Ed'1, Wm* Gordon. | As also his n»o#*@i* who
from | Grief followed him on the 6th day j of Feby 1797.'
Aged 16 years.

' This extraordinary inscription is the only one from St. Paul's
which has hither! o appeared in this Joubnal. 1 give it here
• again, as I wish to make this a complete record of the legible
inscriptions there. The letters are quite clear.'

' In circle at top ' : —

0 angels guard the sleeping dust.

This stone was erected by ! Christopher and Catherine
Barlow j to the memory of their beloved | Daughter
Elizabeth MEN'ieee wife | of Simon M°Xiece who
departed ! this third day of December | 1781 aged 17
years, j Here lies the body of the above | Christ1" Barlow
wlio departed this | life the first of March ]7b6 aged |
G2 year :.

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Under this stone iieth the remains of Mrs Mary Mulvany |
the beloved wife of John George Mulvany | of Richmond
Street Mount joy Square | ... and amiable in disposi-
tion | her conduct in this life gained her the affection of
her friends and all who | knew her But her loss is by
none | more deplored than by him who has | caused this
stone to be placed | She depfc this life on the 23rd day of
June 1828 | aged 34. j Here also is interred the remains
of John George Mulvany j the above-named who
departed this life the 28th day of Sep1 1838.

To the memory of j Mrs Mary Squire Carter | wife of
Rich1 Carter Serg1 Saddler j 13th Hussars | Died April
27th 1833 | aged 36 years. |

Sacred to the memory of | Ensign Honyborne Atkinson!
of the 17* Recriment | who died on the 23rJ of August
1831 | aged 19.

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This stone is placed by George Blood | of Montpelier
Hill in this Parish to mark j the spot where are
deposited the mortal | remains of two of his beloved
children viz. | Frances Caroline who died the 1st of
April | 1830 aged 21 years and Edward who died | the
23rtl of March 1*831 in the 216' year of his age | Hero
also lieth the Body of Neptune Blood Esq" | Uncle to
the above who died | the -ith of December 1832 | aged
75 (?) years.

Dr S Bell ] Died June 29th 1837 Deeply lamented by
many friends | for his professional knowledge and
private worth | His wife Mr5 Anne Bell | only daughter
of the late James Black Esq. J. P. | Died" Dec. 30th
184.0 [ 11 My Presence shall go with thee and I will give
thee rest" | In memory of I M" Anne Carpenter | the
Dearly-loved and only child of | Dr and Mrs Bell aged
34 years. | Her gentle life gifted mind and Christian
character | Endeared her to all who knew her | Many
daughters have done well but thou exeellest them all.

Here lieth the bodv of Henry Hallidav* who departed
this life the 15th of Dec, \ 1801 | aged 61 years.

* A slab on outside wall of church, the only one ' : —

This monument was erected by the Non-Commissioned
Officers and Privates of his Majesty's Royal North
British Fuzileers in memory of James Chapman
James Wogdon and Daniel Patton soldiers in the j above
Regiment the former was barbarously | and inhumanly
murdered by a rebel banditti on | the evening of the
23rd of July 1803 the two latter | died of the wounds
they Received on the same night j Erected in January
1804 j and . . . by Lieut. Colonel P^onald Robertson
Commanding the Regiment.

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Here lieth the body of j Elizabeth Doyle who died on |
the 25th of July 1836 aged 50 years.

The burial Place of | John Garstin Esq" late of | Moles-
worth Street in this City [ and several of his family |
Here lieth the body of the above-named John Garstin
who | departed this life on the 29th day of September
1808 aged 55 years.

Sacred | to the memory of { Mary Anne Donovan | who
was born Anno Domini 17G2 j within the Precincts of
Christ Church | in this City j She accompanied her
Father who was a | Surgeon in the army through the
stirring incidents of the Peninsular war | She became
an inmate of the House of Industry | in the year 1824
and | subsequently resided from 1844 in the | Workhouse
of the North Dublin Union | until the 81st day of
December 18GG | when she died at the advanced age |
of 104 years. | The Board of Guardians | of the North
Dublin Union directed | the Erection of this stone to
mark the | resting place of one who was much |
respected for her conscientious discharge | of Duty
Amiability of character | & strict Integrity and virtue.

This burying place is the | property of Mr Augustine
Thwaites.

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This stone was erected by Samuel Warren j of the City
of Dublin Merchant | to the memory of his Daughter |
Lydia Warren | Who departed this life the 18Lh May
1808 | aged 18 years | also Jane Warren wife of the
above j Samuel Warren who departed this life j on the
28th of April 1810 aged G8 years |

This stone was erected by | Humphrey Tare of this
city Carpenter | In memory of his wife Elizabeth | who
departed this life May the 2nd 181-1 | aged . . years. |
Here also is interred his brother John | who died the
. . of April 1812 aged 54. j Also four of their children
who died young j Here also lieth the remains of | the
above Humphrey Tare who departed | this life . . July
1817 aged . 4 years.

To the memory | of their amiable & beloved daughter |
Eliza Coulton | who departed this life August the 12th,
182-1 | aged 16 years. | This stone has been placed here
by her aillicted Parents Thomas & Eliza Coulton. | Here
also rest their two sons Frederick George who |
Departed this life August, the 10!h 1837 | aged 10 years j
and Samuel Robert who died October 20':i 1824 j aged
4 years. | and five more of their Children | who died
young. | Here also are deposited the remains of | Elizth
Coulton wife of Thomas Coulton j and mother of the
above mentioned Children | who departed this life
December 818t 1825 aged 38 years. |

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4 At the top an urn and flower at each side' : —

This stone was erected by | John Gason of | this City
Mercht j to the sacred memory of his belovd | Wife
Elizabeth | Gason who departed { this life January the
10th 1805 | aged 34 years. Also 9 of their children who
died young. Here also lieth the remains of the above
John Gason who departed | this life Nov, 27lh 1818 |
aged 60 years.

Here lie the remains of Richard Cherry | Late of the
City of Waterford j who died the eight of May 1819 |
aged 43 years.

To the memory of | Joseph Tyndall his wife | Jane
Tyndall and their son | Peter Wilkinson Tyndall
formerly of this Parish | also to the memory of I Mary
Tyndall | Abraham Coates and his wife \ Sarah Coates j
and of, Mr- D'Arey | and his wife | Hannah D'Arcy j
This monument is erected by | Eupbemia Tyndall. | On
the 21st day of Jan, 1870 the above j mentioned
Euphemia Tyndall | entered into rest in the 80th year
of her age | in the full assurance of hope in Christ our
Lord. | They which receive abundance of grace and the
gilt of Righteousness shall reign in life by One j Jesus
Christ, Rom 5. 17.

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The night dew that falls tho' in silence it weeps
Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps
and the leaves that . . . tho' in silence they roll
Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.

Also | Charlotte daughter of Troop-Sorgt Major Wilson |
who died the II* of May 1810 j aged 18 months.

Sacred to the memory of | Mrs Catherine Elliott who
departed this j life the 17th of April 1805 aged 87 years |
She bore a very long illness with | the mildest and most-
patient fortitude | In the sure hope of a happy Immor-
tality. | She lived beloved and died lamented, j

Here lieth the remains of J Sarah Darby widow of |
I) . . . R. Darby Esq" | who departed this life G'h of
May 1817 | aged 88 years. |

Sacred to the memory of \ Elizabeth Eraser Wife of j
Alexander , . . of his Majesty's 8*!j [Stone broken
across, dates effaced.]

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This stone was erected by Marg1 "Wilson | nurse in the
Royal Infirmary Dublin | in memory of her beloved
Husband Wm Wilson of the 67th Reg1 | who departed
this life 12th April 1802 | aged 52 also her grandson
John | Coghlan who died young aged one year & 4
months. |

Erected J to the memory of | Joseph Shirley | who de-
parted this life '22 June 1870 aged 7-1 years. I am
Thine | what a comfort What a blessing to know Jesus
is mine.

Erected in memory of M16, Anne Blevins | Wife of
William Blevins late of | the 5th Dragoon Guards Died j
May 18th 1835 aged 57 years.

Here lieth the remains of John Johnston | of the City
of Dublin Esqro who departed | this life the 5th August
1823 aged 75 years j also ... of his children the last
of whom was Margaret.

ttworris Churcli.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

4 The churchyard at Swords is remarkably uninteresting so far
as old tombstones are concerned, as there are no slabs now visible
dated earlier than the eighteenth century (with one doubtful excep-
tion), though the church contains one very interesting sixteenth -
century slab belonging to the Biakeney family.

* The square belfry of tho older churcli still stands, and close
beside it the Bound Tower, with its comparatively modern upper

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portion, which is ungraceful and a poor imitation of the ancient
design, having four large, round-headed windows (which shod] i
have heen made square-headed to he in keeping with the dcor\va>
and other openings) in the top story, and a low, mean-looliing,
conical roof.

' The place is dedicated to St. Columbkill.

{ The ancient slab inside the church lies at the foot of the
Communion-rails steps. It is of limestone, 6 feet in length, and
2 feet in breadth; the inscription (which has already appeared in
Vol. I, at p. 351, of The Journal, in an. incomplete form) runs
round the four edges with three additional short lines at the upper
end to complete the sentence. It is cut in relief in " black-letter,"
and in very good preservation ; the middle portion of the slab is
unsculptured. The inscription reads ' : —

©rate pro aiabus

JO — ° mm

x fauavp a Dm

g \5S7 et laccut

g in boc tuniulo

1— '

i— »

r— <

St
o

4m*

[To face \uuje 72.

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'The persons bore named weri probably James Blakeney and his
wife Elizabeth Taylor, and perhaps two other wives, Alison Oanlie
and Margaret Walsh, and a son William.

1 The inscription is very vague as to whose death the date refers
to. .

' In connection with the name Taylor, there is a slab (formerly
in the old church) now lying at the east end of the burial-ground,
on which is inscribed ' : —

This Stone was Erected by
Iohn Taylor of Swords Esqr the
ground being nine foot long and
six broad (situated on the north

side of the Altar) being the *r • .

Ancient Burial place of his ^

Ancestors. Septr y° 9th 1725.

1 Above the inscription is cue, in relief, a eoat-of-arms : — " Azure,
a lion rampant argent, debruised by a bendlet gules, charged with
three escallops or."

' The crest looks like a swan on the wing ; and the motto is : —
Prudent. Com. L:e» Serpent.'

* On the left-hand side of the Communion Table is a mural monu-
ment of black and white marble to the memory of Dr. Owen, mm,
Vicar of the Parish, who died in 1764 ; the inscription has already
appeared on p. 350. Vol. J, of The Journal. It contains a few verbal
errors, but the copyist stumbles badly in date of the year, which is
wrongly given as 1700.

' A coat-of-arms — u A chevron between three lions rampant" —
and a crest — a lion rampant — are carved at the top of the
monument.5

' Two limestone slabs lie side by side in the central pas-age of
the church near the upper end (having been removed from the
ruins of the old chmch). One is to a member of the ITewetson
family, and the other to that of Scardevik-. Both inscriptions hct&
already appeared in The Journal (for the former, He Vol. I, p. 8-19,

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and for the latter, Vol. V, p. 70), but are repeated' here owing to
errors which have occurred in them' : —

. ' Hero lies Interred

y* JiyD ClIRTSTOPHEK HeWETSON Cilv

( Chan: of Christ's )
Late - Prcb: of S1 Pafcr9 V Church

( Yicar of this I
And chap: to yc most RifD Ad. Loftus

(sometime Ld Arbp of Dub :
and I/1 Chan: of Ireland)

0BJ1T AN DOM 1G34

with Several of his near Relations
on whose Grave yiH Stone was laid
by his Grandson Mic: Hesvetson
Archdeacon of Armagh.
IULY [? 9th] 1G91.

' On the slab alongside the above : —

' A coat-of-arms : — " three lozenges ." This coat

is probably a foreign one ; the name " Seardevile (a Huguenot)"
is not given in Burke's General Armoury.

' The Seardevile coat, impales that of Culliford, viz. :— " Argent,
a less between three mules passant sable " (though the stone-cutter
has omitted the mules) ' : —

HEBE LYE Til YE BODY OF YK REV8
HENRY SC&BDEVtLE DEAN OF ^
CLuYN WHO DEPARTED THIS ETFE

Y" 3d op fed 1703

ALSO

HERE LYE T H Yr: BODY OF ELIZAB
ETH S CAR DE VILE HIS DAVGHTER
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE YL 4th
DAY OF MAY 1704.

• There is a mural monument on the right of the Communion
Table to the memory of this same clergyman, which gives the names
of his wives and children, for which see Vol. I, p. MQ ; the Latter
is surmounted by the same coat-of-ai ms, and has a unicorn for
the crest 1

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4 Near the path leading to the church is a large tombstone, on
which is inscribed ' : —

A • DM • 1627

KBTS I BY S SELL
POSTEK1TATI

Here Lieth Intered the Body
of M* Robert Russell of Drynam
Greatgraudson to the above
Mr Robert Russell, he died
August the (5th 1766 Aged
74 years.
In loving Memory of
Robert Russell Cruise,
Bom 10th October 182-7
Died 31st October 1903
R.I.P.

• The upper portion of the above inscription has been recut,
i ' bably at the time the modern addition was made.'

'■On a headstone at the east side of the burial-ground is the
following inscription ' : — ■

I.H.S.

This Stone and Burial | Place belongeth unto |
Bartholomew Dowdal | and his Posterity. Mach the

25 1741, here under | neatli lies 4 of his ehildr j Peter,

Anne, Bridget, An

Tttllag-iit CfnircIi.Tarii.

[From Lord Walter Fitz Gerald.]

{Continued from Vol. 71', ?>. 411.)

' About the middle of the burial-ground there are two large
Blabs lying side by side. These stones are of a peeling quality, so

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that the inscription on one (which is also badly fractured) is
illegible. What can bo made out on the other is as follows ' : —

HEBE LYETH THE BODY OF M*

[? DAN]IELL BROWN OF IOBSTOWN

WHO DECEASED TEE . . DAY OF

FBBR. 1700 AND . . . . . . ■ ■ r

AND MR RQ[? BERT] . '. . . ......

KNOCKLINE AND

' The remainder of the inscriptions are all copied from granite
headstones on the south side of the church, some of which are of
an ornamental kind, like the one figured on p. 316 of Vol. V of
The Journal.'

I. H. S.

I. H. S.

Here lyeth the [ Body of John Dry | in who departed I
This Life March | 1 1742 Aged j GO years.

HERE
LYETH THE
BODY OF GEORGE
BEGGELLY WHO
DEPARTED THIS
LIFE MAY THE
5 IN THE GO YEAR
OF HIS AGE
1716.

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I H S

THIS STOKE ERECT
ED BY MILES KEOUG
H OF KILLINAEDEN IN
ME MOBY OF HIS FATH
EE & MOTHER THOM
AS & MARY KEOUG H &

THE IK POSTERITY.
AND ALSO HERE LIETH
THE BODY OF HIS BROT

* TJio remainder is underground.'

I. H. S.

THIS STONE AND BUEIA
L PLACE BELONGETH TO
I AMES BE ILLY AND HIS

POST KBIT Y.
HEBE LIETH TEE BODY
OF HIS FATHER & MOTH-
ER PATER & IUDY RE-

' The remainder is underground.

MISCELLANEA.

The Vaults under St. Michan's Church, Dublin.

The following description of these Vaults is made up of extracts
from an account of them, written in 1888, by Sir Arthur Vicars,
K.c.v.o., f.s.a., Ulster-.King-of-Arms : —

St. Michan's Church is situated on the north of the river
Anna LiiYey. It is doubtful if there exists any of the original
church. It is a cruciform structure, in a sort of a semi-classical
style of last century (eighteenth), of the plainest possible description,
with a fine old tower at the west end, with graduated battlements.
This tower presents the appearance, to my mind, of having
undergone a partial, if not total, rebuilding : possibly in 168G,
at which date it was restored, as appears by an inscription over
the west door.

The church was founded in the year 1095, in honour of
St. Michanus, said to be a Danish bishop, and there is a recumbent
-effigy, occupying a niche in the south wall, in the church, of a
bishop in alb, chasuble, and mitre, holding a pastoral staff. This
'is supposed to represent the founder. It is of granite, but has
been whitewashed over.

Before treating of the Vaults, it may be interesting to mention
that there is a tradition that the organ in this church is the
one on which Handel first played his "Messiah/* Though I do
not like to upset such a nice old tradition as this, I feel bounji
to say that it is devoid of foundation, By the " Memorial Book "
of the parish I find that the organ was built by Cuvillie, in 172-1,
and the same source gives a full specification of it.

It is well known that Handel paid his first visit to Dublin
in 1712, and performed his "Messiah" in the Fishamble Street
Music Hall, now long since pulled down. An organ there was in
the room on which Handel played, which we learn from a letter
from Handel to Jennens* But as the organ now in St. Michan's is
the same as that erected by Cuvillie, in 1724, it is quite impossible
that it could have been in Fishamble Street for Handel to have
played his " Messiah " on it. However, as it was the finest organ
in Dublin for many years, it is quite probable that Handel did
actually play on it in St. Michan's,

The organ, case is finely carved with fruit and flowers, also the
gallery in front of it with musical instruments. The church plat<

[To face page 78.

EFFIGY OF A BISHOP IN ST. MICHAN'S CHURCH.

[Fivm a photograph by U. Killick, of&rayj]

mostly elates from the seventeenth century, though there is one
silver-gilt chalice the base of which might possibly be pre-
Beformation. < m

Having said this much about the interior of the church, I shall
pass on to the vaults, of which there are five. They are entered
from the outside on the south side, and for the most part extend'
across the entire width of tbe church. Two are under the nave;
one small one, consisting of a single chamber, tinder the south
transept ; another extending from transept to transept ; and the
fifth, called the chancel vault, from being situated beneath the
chancel.

The entrance to the first vault, beginning at the west end, as in
the case of all the others, is protected by massive iron doors placed
in a slanting direction against the wall, and on these being swung
back a Sight of steps is disclosed to view. Descending the nine
steps, we come into a long arched passage 87 feet long, 5 feet
G inches wide, and 8 feet 10 inches high. Off this passage are
four arched entrances to the right and left, each 8 feet 2 inches
wide, and 0 feet. & inches high. Unlike our sensations in most
other vaults* a warm feeling is perceptible on entering the place,

tmpanied by a dry stonc-and-mortar sort of smell, which tells
one at once of the absence of all damp. I have heard some liken
smell in these vaults to that' of mustard. Entering the
chamber on our left, which contains some twenty coffins of the
I'm ard and Stitt families, we come upon a curious spectacle.
I one side is a pile of coffins, out of one of which the whole side
has fallen, and there is displayed to view the body of a man in a
perfect state of preservation, his flesh presenting a brown, leathery
sort of appearance. He rests on hay — all that remains of the
upholstery of the coffin. And some hay still clings to the sides ;
but all signs of the lining, or shroud of the corpse, have disap-
peared.

The next chamber is that of the Osborne family, as appears by
the arms on the iron gate— Quarterly ermine and az. a cross engrl.
or. This vault contains six coffins, which, contrary to custom, are
placed nearly upright and leaning against the wall. There is a
legend in connection with this family, that this is the way they
have buried their members for many generations, in order to
facilitate their answer to the last summons. All the coffins in this
vault appear to be of this century.

The next chamber is a mass of confusion — coffins in various
stages of dilapidation, lying about on top of one another in every
position. Hero is shown the body of a man with a piece of crane,
now red from age, tied over his eyes. The sexton holds that this
is a sign that he was hung, which is not at all improbable, for we
know that St. Micban's was situated close to the old Newgate or
prison of Dublin, and the parish had a right of burying malefactors

who had been put to death, and got very large fees for it, too.
The brothers Sheares, the rebels of 1798, who were hung at Ne\v
gate, are buried in St. Michan's vaults ; and Robert Emmet, another
rebel, is said to lie in the churchyard, as also some other 'le'sn
important offenders. The last coffin was brought into this 3hambi r
in 1840.

We next come to the Mac Dowel! and Neiison vaults, and on tin
opposite side, as we return, those of Ferguson, Bev. J.:.£L Monahan,
Precentor of Christ Church Cathedral, and Archer. In the last-
named we see where a coffin has collapsed from the superincumbent
weight of two more modern ones. This ' state of things we saw
once or twice in our inspection of the place, and in some cases the
result is anything but edifying, as the pressure causes the bodies to
protrude, and the spectacle of emerging arms, and legs, and tufts
of hair, presents a very awful appearance. The last chamber on
our left is that lately appropriated by Canon Marrable, formerly
rector of this parish.

The next vault is the second from the west end, and is entered
like the last, than which it is somewhat smaller, the passage being
29 feet 6 inches in length. On the left-hand side are two chambers
with doorways, respectively u feet 4 inches by 3 feet 2 inches.
The first one is a very large vault belonging to the family of
Hamilton, of Abbotstown, Co. Dublin, and contains, according
to the sexton, some forty coffins, all seemingly in a good state of
preservation. The other chamber is only 11 feet by 8 feet, and
8 feet 10 inches in extreme height, and, like all the others, is
arched. This chamber contains altogether ten coffins — two on the
left, four on the right, and four in the centre without lids. The
centre one contains the body of a lady brought here about the year
1700. All these have once been covered with black velvet, some oi
which still hangs on the sides in strips. It is a popularly-received
idea that these bodies are several hundred years old, and people
go even so far as to say that the body of a man with his legs
crossed in the coffin nearest the wall is a crusader. The absurdity
of this wild notion is obvious when we look at the coffins, which
we have reasons for thinking are the original ones in which the
bodies were first placed. They are of the ordinary shape of
the present day, of which I believe I am correct in stating one
of the earliest examples known is that of Lancelot, Bishop of Win-
chester, buried in 1026 in St. Saviour's, Southwark, whose coffin was
discovered in 1830 [Gent.'s Mag , Aug., 1880, p. 171). Everyone
knows now that the cross-legged crusader theory is long since
exploded. There is not much to guide one in guessing the date of
the coffins in St. Michan's, but I should scarcely think that there are
any prior in date to about the end of the seventeenth century, n
indeed so early ; the greater number are much later than that. We
were informed by the sexton that in another of the vaults, seme

years ago, he saw " E. Rook, 1GD0," marked in nails on the lid of
a coffin of a child. The lock of this vault being out of order, wje
were unable to visit it, though I have since had this statement
corroborated by another ; but whether or not my informants mis-
took the 1790'for 1690 will, however, never be ascertained, for the
coffin in question has since fallen to pieces. I don't remember,
however, having seen any dates on my previous visits. At all
events whatever their dates may be, the coffins must certainly have
been here many years, and quite long enough to set people wonder-
ing how it is that time and the usual process of decay seem to have
had no effect on them.

The appearance oi these four bodies is similar to all those that
we saw, and is weird and wonderful in the extreme. The flesh has,
as in the other cases, assumed a dark and leathery appearance,
though the pores oj the skin, as also the features, are discernible ;
the " abdominal walls " are elastic on pressure ; and the fingers can
be moved independently of each other ; and it is very probable that
the other joints of the body are equally pliable, The right hand
Of the female figure in the centre coffin is missing, and the wrist
presents an appearance as if it had been cut off', possibly by some
vandal of a tourist.

The bodies seem to have undergone practically no change since
a rather fanciful account of them was written in 1882, in The
Dublin Penny Journal. I subjoin an extract: —

" Underneath this ample church extend long, narrow galleries,
on either side of which are the vaults, not much larger than
common coal-vaults, in which the coffins are placed. Some, which
are the private property of individuals, are fastened up with wooden
or iron doors, others are open ; and into one of these the sexton
Ird us, candle in hand. I confess that, on inspecting the contents,
I was greatly disappointed. 1 had read Brydone's description of a
subterraneous catacomb in Sicily, which has the property of drying
up the bodies of those enclosed in it, and in which those dead
centuries ago are still standing in their niches, the same in form
and features as when alive, and clothed in the attire and ornaments
belonging to their sex. If I did not anticipate exactly the same
here, I at least expected, from report, to see dried and preserved
specimens of the human form ; but if ever there was a shocking,
revolting, melancholy representation of what 'man that is mortal '
may come to, it is here. In a common tomb or vault, after a few
years have gone by. nothing remains but the remnants of the
coffins and the bones ; everything belonging to the child of dust
has returned to its dust, except what may mark the place as a
Golgotha — a place of skeletons and skulls. But hero death is, as
it were, making a mockery of mortality, leaving flesh in rags and
tatters, and allowing skin, muscle, and cartilage to remain, so in
the most appalling way to humble human pride, and show what

man's gallantry and woman's beauty may become when ii is pre-
served, as it is here, half skeleton, half mummy. The transition
state between preservation and decay was most horrible to look on.
There lay a large man, whose head was on one side, either so placi d
m order to fit into his coffin, or else (the idea is fearful) he had
come to life in his narrow cell, and, after horrible contortion, had
died for want of air. The skin on the head, the cartilages of the
nose, the cellular substance of the legs, the capsular ligaments of
the joints and fingers, were all preserved; but, oh, the torn, worn,
tattered skin! — just like decaying, discoloured parchment, exhibit
ing all the colours belonging to the slowest possible decay — blue,
green, and yellow — the mildew and mouldiness of a century.
Never will the image of that ghastly specimen of decay be effaced
from my memory."

I need hardly remark that the foregoing account is rather
coloured. The author's imagination seems to have led him astray
when he speaks of trie man who he thinks was buried alive, on the
ground that his head slightly inclined to one side. I was also
unable to detect the "blue, green, and yellow" tints, or any
appearance that would suggest the slightest action of damp.

Before leaving this vault X was curious to see it the antiseptic
properties extended to the coffins which had not from age as yet
exposed their contents. So we raised the lid of the one on our
left, which did not seem to be fastened down. It was with feelings
akin to awe we gazed on the confusion that reigned inside : — there,
amidst a heap of rubbish, and what appeared to have once been
part of the upholstery of the interior, lay the body of a man in
exactly the same condition of preservation.

The next vault we visited is the largest of them all, and extends
from one transept to the other, the central passage being 70 feet
long, 5 feet 4 inches wide, and about 0 feet high. Passing on our
right the vaults of the White family, and those of the Rev. Charles
Stanford, Prebendary of St. Miehan's, 1846, and Prebendary
Abbot— in the last-named of which there is that fearful debris and
confusion which seems to make such a mockery of the sadness of
death — we come to the family vault of the Earls of Leitrim, the
entrance to which is protected by a large wooden door. By placing
the candle opposite a hole in one side of the door, and looking
through another, we got a view of the interior, which contains some
twelve coffins, including that of the late Earl, who was murdered in
Donegal some few years ago. Most of the collins in this chamber
are covered with velvet ; and the sexton informed us that on the
burial of the late Earl, the velvet on the surrounding coffins was
found to be perfectly free from damp— another proof of the dryness
of these vaults. The silver-gilt coronets on the coffins reflected the
rays of the candle in a strange way about the gloomy interior.
The adjoining vault belongs to the Viscounts Monck, It is curious

that the interior of this chamber should present some signs of
decay, and all within a space of about three years, due, I believe, to
the following facts : — A short time ago a coffin was disinterred
from the churchyard, and brought into the Weir vault (situated
opposite the Monck vault), after having been in the ground
some years. As a result, all the coffins in the chamber became
covered with a white film of mildew, and the appearance, a year
ago, was truly remarkable, and indeed beautiful, all the coffins in
this vault being enveloped in what resembled a coating of snow.
The coffin from the churchyard is supposed to have introduced,
damp — an element foreign to this place — which worked its way
across the passage to the Monck vault, and there did the havoc
that we saw, besides causing such debris in the Weir vault itself.
The damp, however, seems to have almost entirely expended itself,
and bee/i stopped by the peculiar nature of the place, for as I write
all signs of mildew have disappeared, and only the walls of this
particular chamber show any moisture.

On our way out we pass the vaults of the Wilson, Brereton,
San key, and Putland families, and a vault belonging to no family
in particular, containing human remains in a most shocking state
of disorder, due to the collapsing of the coffins, and presenting the
appearance of a regular charnel-house.

This was very much the condition of most of the vaults until
some years ago, when a former rector had the debris collected and
placed in the chamber under the vestry, the entrance to which, now
blocked, is at the termination of the west-end vault.

Before leaving we must notice the cofiins of the brothers Sheares,
the rebels of 1798, in the last chamber next the entrance. When
first buried here, they had no leaden coffins, and in process of time,
when the wooden coffins went to pieces, the bodies were exposed to
view. - And it seems that many years ago some one stole the head
of John Sheares for a wager ; and great was the wonderment
caused at the time by its sudden disappearance. But through the
agency of the late Dr. Madden, m.k.i.a.. it was restored, and the
remains of both brothers placed in lead and oak coffins in 1853.
The outer coffins are now fast decaying, the lids having disap-
peared, and the sides show signs of going to pieces.

The chancel vault we did not visit, for we found it impossible to
turn the key of the iron doors. We were told, however, that it
contained nothing of interest beyond " a gintleman with an orange
sash around him." The roof of this vault extends beyond the
present chancel several feet, which may in some degree expose
the interior to the elements, and account for the fact that the
bodies in this vault are not nearly so well preserved as in the
others, the vault being much more damp than the rest. In
the chancel vaults are buried, amongst others, the Morgan -Crofions
and Percivals.

I noticed in some of the chambers of these vaults webs of mos,t
gigantic proportions, forming huge curtains over the gloomy
roun dings. In one chamber the web must have been at least ten
feet long, and as wide as the chamber itself. The sexton told us b
had seen one of these spiders, which he described as being of large
size, and black in colour. He has been anxiously looking out for
one to capture to send to a naturalist who is curious to examine
one. I do not see what the spiders would have to live upon
(unless, as his theory is, that they feed on the dead bodies around
them), for I saw no sign of life whatever.

The first question that will suggest itself to one on seeing
these vaults will naturally be : To what can be attributed these
extraordinary phenomena ? — for there is no question as to the
bodies being embalmed, since some of them have been compara-
tively recently placed here.

There arc many theories put forward as to the peculiar nature
of these vault?. One is, that it is due to the tannin in the earthen
floors of the vaults, as the ground on which St. Michan's is built
was anciently a vast oak forest, and not very long ago known as
Oxmanstown Wood. Certain it is that the floor of the vaults docs
not show the slightest sign of damp, but, on the contrary, is of a
pale yellow earth, fine and dry.

There is an old record which states : " The faire green or com-
mune, now called Osmontowne Green, was all wood, and hee that
diggeth at this day to any depth shall fmde the ground full of great
rootes." (Vide also Hannier's Chronicle.) This would go to support
the Tannic theory just propounded. It is said that, in 109;-s
William Rums got permission from Murchad, King of Leinster, to
procure wood for the roof of Westminster Hall from these woods.
This was possibly the roof pulled down in the year 1397. I have
heard it suggested that the preservative properties are to be attri-
buted to the magnesian limestone, of a yellow colour, of which the
vaults are partially built, and that it absorbs the moisture.

The following extract, by a well-known chemist of Dublin,
appeared in a Dublin journal some sixty years ago : —

" The bodies of those a long time deposited appear in all their
awful solitariness — at full length— the coffins having mouldered to
pieces ; but from those, and even the more recently entombed, not
the least cadaverous smell is discoverable ; and all the bodies
exhibit a similar appearance — dry. and of a dark colour. Ji is
observable of animal matter in general, that in common cases, from
the action of the external air, or its own reaction, putrefaction
results ; but when placed in a. temperature not exceeding 32°, the
septic tendency is considerably counteracted, as the preservation of
the mammoth in the iceberg would sufficiently prove. In this
instance, it appears that the action of the fluid was interrupted by
cold. Now, if the action of the enclosed iluid was altogether

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THE COAT-OF-ARMS AND INSCRIPTION OVER THE
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destroyed, as is the case in the salting of meat, it is plain this would
also contribute to counteract the septic tendency : whence it follows
that it is the moisture which gives life to the putrefactive ferment.
Now, the floor, walls, and atmosphere of the vaults of St. Michan's
are perfectly dry ; the flooring is even covered with dust, and the
walls are composed of a stone peculiarly calculated to resist
moisture. This combination of circumstances contributes to aid
nature in rendering the atmosphere of those gloomy regions more
dry than the atmosphere wc enjoy. Further, it appears that in
none of the bodies deposited here are any intestines, or other parts
containing fluid matter, to be found, having all decayed shortly
after burial."

Another theory is that of Sir Charles Cameron, f.r.c.s., Vice-
President of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain arid
Ireland, and Medical Officer of Health for Dublin, which is that
the peculiarities of these vaults are due partly to their undoubted
dryneos, and partly to the great freedom of their atmosphere from
dust.

Molyneux House, Peter Street, Dublin.

From Miss A. Peter.

Built by Dr. Thomas Molyneux (State Physician in Ireland) in
1711. lie was President of the College of Physicians for several
years and Physician General to the Army in Ireland in 1717. In
1730 he was created a baronet. He married Catherine, d. of Ralph
Howard, grandfather of the 1st Lord Wieklow.

He had 16 children, and was succeeded in the title by his son
Daniel in 1733. The father of Sir Thomas Molyneux was Samuel
Molyneux, of Castle Dillon, Co. Armagh, Chief Engineer of Ireland;
and his eldest brother was the -'celebrated William Molyneux,"
M.P. for Dublin University.

[See Burke's Peerage under the Baronet of this name.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

John Chartres, Mayor of Cork, 1 692. — I should be
obliged for any information about the descendants of bis yourtgi r
sons, John, Thomas, and Ralph! Was John Chartres, of Knock:!
Joho, County Clare, the Mayor's second son ?

Alfred Molony,
12 Vincent Square Mansions, Westminster,- London.

Weldon Family.

I shall be much obliged for any information concerning Thomas
[?j Weldon, of Weldon, in Staffordshire [?], possibly Northampton-
shire, or Northumberland, whose four sons — Walter, m.p. for A1 by,
1013, married Jane, daughter of John Ryder, Lisbon of Killaioe ;
William, married [?] Jane, daughter of John Bolton, of Great
Fenton, Staffordshire; Robert, married in 1616, at St. Mary
Le Strand, London, Katherine Bambridge (Bainbridge, or Bambrick,
of Apeley [?] , Cumberland) ; and Thomas married Anne, daughter
of . . . Blood, of Dunbryn, Co. Meath. They settled in Ireland
towards the end of the sixteenth century.

Sir A. Weldon, Bart.,

Kilmorony , A thy ,

Ireland.

Hackett.

Information concerning the ancestors of the following required :

William Hackett — Born 1787 ; married — Lvons ; died
4/15/1672,

James Hackett — Born 17G7 ; married Margaret Donovan ; died
182(7 ?).

Bartholomew Hackett — Born 1799 ; married Anne Byrne ; died
1856.

The latter, who was a distiller in Midleton, County Cork, was
brother of William Hackett, the antiquary. Their father is
believed to have been a tanner.

J. Dominick Hackett,
Laurel Hill,

Long Island, New York,

U.S.A.

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FERMANAGH

C 0 IT N T Y F E R M A N A 6 II.

A gfStavea V. We. u r ssie ya ril .

[From Peirce G. Mahony, Cork Herald of Arms,]
Coat of Arms.

" Issuing from the sinister side a, dexter arm, the hand graspin
the trunk of an oak-tree.'

Crest.

An arm grasping a sword.

Motto .—
VALID A MANY

'Inscription ! : —

. Armstrong who ....
Edward . . . son to . . .
who . . . !GS0

.... , -,. .,v(f,,, .. Armstrong .

John son

Francis

Here lies the body o£ James
Armstrong Sou to Edward

Armstrong

"Who died Sunday May the . .
1745 Aged 50 years.

MLonoa OasErdsyard.

[From the Eev. W . B. Steele.]
(Continued from />. 559, vol. vi.)

Sacred to the memory of V\'iLLmr Irwin late of
Deeryinch who departed this life Oct. 2G'h 1813 aged
02 years. Alice his wife who departed this life Aug.
1807 aged 32 years. Also Mary and Ellen* Irwin
daughters to the above William and Alice Irwin. Also
the Reyd Geo. Irwin, a.r. their son who died Nov. 18a
183.3 aged 52 years, 22 of which were zealously &
conscientiously devoted to the duties of the Diocesan
Schools of Longford & Team, of the former of which
he had been 14 years Master and of the latter 8 years.
Also Geo. Wellington Irwin his son aged 2 years. Also
Elizabeth Irwin who departed this life Jan. 7tu 183 —
aged £3 years.

FERMANAGH.

Erected to the memory of Christopher Hamilton
departed this life August 18th 1814 aged 13 years and
his three children.

[Kote. — At the head of this inscription is the crest, of the
Hamilton family — an oak tree traversed by a hand-saw. Under
the crest is a pair of inverted compasses.]

I. EL S.

Erected by Joux Corrigax in memory of his daughter
Elizabeth Corrigax who depd this life Novbr- 24th 1815
aged 17 years.

Here lieth the body of David Irwin and Jane his wife
who departed this life the 16th and the I7,h April 1S10
his age 30 years and her age 21 years

Sacred to the memory of Catherine wife of Noble
Weir who depd this life Decbr' 20th 1817 aged 49 years.
She died a true penitent rejoicing in hope of the glory
of God hy faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

+
I.II.S.

Here lieth the body of Philip M'tegart who dep1 this life
]\ovr- 19th 1817 aged 66 years.

I.H.S.

Erected by Daniel Cvllax in memory of his wile Ann
Cull an who departed this life March the 17th 1817 aged
56 years.

Erected by Thomas Fallis in memory of his wife
Isabella who departed this life Feb. 2Sln 3 818 aged 31
years.

This stone is erected by Miles Corrigax in memory of
his daughter Teresa Corrigax who departed this life
November the 20th 1816 aied 29 years.

91 FERMANAGH.

Erected by John Whealy in memory of bis father
George who dep'1 this life April the 18th 1818 aged G2
years.

Sacred to the memory of W** Mosgrove who depd* this
life April 15tL 1819 aged GO years.

Here lieth the body of Saraii Djce departed this life
Nov. the 2nd 1820 aged 50 years.

Erected by James Mitchell in memory of his brother
Robert Mitchell who departed this life on the 2,nd May
1820 aged 25 years. Also in memory of his brother
John who departed this life on the 23rd October 1825
aged 88 years. Also in memory of bis father Hugh
Mitchell who departed this life on the 16th June 1826
aged 70 years.

I.H.S.

Erected by Perce McBrim: of Ennjskillen to the
memory of his father and mother John and Ann
McBeide who depd* Nov. 1821. Also his beloved wife
Anne McBiuhe who depd- this life Feb. 22nd 1833 aged
82 years.

Erected in memory of David Water son who departed
this life Nov' 17t,J 1821 aged 80 years. Also bis wife
Mary Waterson who departed, this life Nov. 8th 1821
aged 79 years.

Tins stone was placed here by Elizabeth Fitz Simmons
in memory of her beloved husband James Fitz Simmons
who depar'1 this life Octbr the 30lh 1822 aged 81 years.
Underneath are also deposited the remains of the above
MKS Elizabeth Friz Simmons who departed this life the
year of 1826. Beneath tbis tomb are also deposited
the remains of MRa Elizabeth Foy who departed this
life 2nd Feby. 1830 aged G5 years. "When Christ
who i.- our life shall appear then shall ye also appear
with him in glory." Cob :j 4.

FERMANAGH.

Here lieth the body of Thomas Dickson who dep'1 tins
life Sept1 the 30th aged 92 years 1823.

Sacred to the memory of Catherine Bieney -who
departed this life April 22ud 1823 aged GO yrs, Sacred
also to the memory of Catherine Phibbs by whom this
tomb was erected and who died in Feb. 1827.

Erected by George Miller in memory [of his father
William Miller who depa this life Aug1 IIth 1823 aged
63 years.

Erected by John Cathcakt in memory of his father
Robert Cathcakt who departed this life Feb. 21st 1823
aged 55 years.

Erected by Richard Hoey in memory of his daughter
Mary Hgey who depar1 this life August the 14th 1823
aged 28 years. Also her sister Esther who depd this
life October the 0th 1823 aged 21 years.

This stone was erected by Mary Scott of

in memory of her beloved husband Thomas Scott who
departed this life March 16th 1838 aged 80 years. Also
AY ill lam Scott her son who departed this life Sept. 16lh
1823 aged 21 years.

I.H.S.

Erected by Maweice Cassidy of Enniskillen in memory
of M.icnL Conoly who died 15th March 1823 aged 84 years.
And also his wife and his daughter.

Erected in memory of William Fallis who departed
this life June 80th 1621 aged 86 years. Also his wife
Mary who dep1 this life Oct. I8:il1817 aged 71 years.

Erected by Andrew Balfour in memory of his brother
James and father Andrew The former dep. this life
14th of Sep. the latter the 20th Nov. 1824 the first aged
21 the last 53 years.

FERMANAGH.

Erected by John Hassaed of Augbaheetsh in memory of
Lis mother Margret Hassaed who departed this life
April 10th 1824 aged 65 years. Also his father Riohabd
Hassaed who departed this life February 13Ul 1887
aged 80 years. Also his daughter Anne who departed
this life July 24th 1841 aged 12 years. Also the above
named John Hassaed who departed this life November
10th 1881 aged 84 years. Also his beloved wife
Elizabeth Hassaed who departed this life April 5Ul
1875 aged 75 years.

4 At the head of this inscription there is a crest — An Escallop.'

Erected by Archibald Mc Keney in memory of his
daughter Mary who departed this life April 6tb 1883
aged 2G years.

This monument is placed here by Bessy Anna Fjddes
as a mark of respect and affection for her beloved
husband William Fiddes who depd this life the 9th of
Nov. 1835 aged 38 years. He bore a long illness with
Christian fortitude in the blessed hope of a better
inheritance a glorious resurrection purchased for him
by the Lord Jesus Christ; the friend of sinners who hath
said He that believeth on me though he were dead yet
shall he live.

This stone was erected by David Wilkin in memory of
his beloved daughter Anne Jane wife to John Wilkin
of Carrickeeagh who departed this life January 28th
1849 aged 33 years. Here lieth the body of the above
named David Wilkin who depd this life January the
9th 1853 aged 76 years.

In whoes death there is hope.
Also Jane Wilkin the beloved wife of the above David
Wilkin who depd this life 25th of May 1859 aged
80 years.

Sacred to the memory of Margaret Elliott seventh
daughter of James Elliott who departed this life
February the 8th 3 849 aged 14 years. This tomb is
erected by James Elliott of EhjNamaddow over the
remains of his daughter.

(lALVv'AY.

COUNTY GAL WAY.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

• In the third volume of the Journal, and on p. 274, is given an
inscription from the 0' Kelly slab in this abbey, but it appears to
be very faulty. The inscription, which is in the black letter, and
in Irish, is given thus on p. 78, Vol. I, of the " County Gahvay
Archaeological Journal " ' : —

Bo irHokac!)ama <& <£ean*t& So
tt <&0imn om$ ft MmaXamb
tugetl i eijonxljni'r Jjo rim $$LQtl)a
© ?mli in Imtijtmo, $m.

1 Translation --For Melaghlin O'Eelly, for the King of HyMany,
and for Queen Finuala, daughter of 0 'Conor. Matthew O'Hanly
erected this monument.

< "'The Annals of the Four Masters," under the year 1401.
state that:— "Melaghlin O'Eelly, Lord oi Hy Many, a truly
hospitable and humane man, died, after the victory of penance.
Conor ' Anabaidh ' (the abortive, so called because he was born
before his time) O'Keily assumed the lordship of Hy Many after
his father."

'"Under the year 1-103: — Conor 'anabaidh,' the son of
Melaghlin CVKolly, Lord of Hy Many, the Serpent of his Tribe,
and of all the Irish people, died, after Extreme Unction and
Penance, and was interred in the monastery of St. John the Baptist
in Tir Many (i.e. the monastery situated at Rindown, on Lough
Bee, County Roscommon). Finola, the daughter of Turlough, son
of Hugh 6 'Conor, and the wife of Melaghlin O'Kelly, Lord of
Iiy Many, died, after a virtuous life."

' For further particulars about these persons, see O'Donovan's
" Tribes and Customs of Hy Many," pp. 105, 10G.

' This slab is said to have been removed to Ballyglunin House,
not far off.

* Another inscription recorded on the same page of the Journal
also appears to be incorrectly deciphered.

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KERRY.

'The inscription was never cdmpleted; it is in the black letter,
and runs down the head and shaft of an ornamental cross, carved
in relief on a slab : it reads ' : —

Igtt ; met ; ^Hauiicttts ■ tUtts • ;
Jifetrtt ': j) <&omi)mmhx'& ■ cum •
•sngft tt.ro re

c I.e. Here lies Maurice [Murrough or Mttirgbeas] son of
Manus O'Concannon, with his wife.

' The " y Concheanaind " is probably intended for the old form
of the name 'O'Concannon or 0 ' Con ceannainn (as the " Annals "
have it), as the sept of this name owned the district of " Ui
Di armada," in the territory of Goreamoe. which lay in the
north-eastern end of the county Galway,

'A common Christian name with the O'Concannons* in olden
times, was " Muirgheas," of which "Manricius" is probably the
Latinised form. The name " Mainj " (== of Manus) is doubtful.

( " The Annals of the Four Masters " record the deaths of two
Muirgheases, chiefs of their sept, one in 1087, and the other in
1105.

'It will be noticed in the " rubbing " of the- inscription that
a broad stroke, each with three perforations, divides the words.'

COUNTY KERRY.

A h n a sr ra g?f i Cfi u reftva yd .

[From Miss Mabel Ivaymond Macintosh.]

The Burial place of
David FitzGerald of Adrivale

Erected by his sons
William. David, and Robert.
A. P. 1818.

X.1LS.

Here lies the Body of
Edmond Loughnane of Iinuck-
echagashill \sic], who departed this Life
July the 21st 1807. A.gw 67 years.
Also bis Son
David who (!ep<! this Life
August the 17** 1807 aged 82 years

KERRY. 9(3

Dust grit CJiwi*clt y a rtf .

[Prom Peirce Gun Mahony, m.r.i.a., Cork Herald of Arms.]

■ This parish is partly in the barony of Iraghti Conner, but
chiefly in that of Clanmiuirice, and is on the River Feale, and i ■
about six miles from Listowel. The Protestant church, which was
a small plain structure, was built in 1814. It was demolished
some years ago. This churchyard is very badly kept, and there are
several heaps of the remains of old coffins to he seen. The
following are the only inscriptions to be found ' : —

Here Lies the Body
of David Neligan
who depd this Life
January 17th 1788 Agd
GG Years

4- . •

Erected by
Mary 0' Carroll to the memory
of her beloved husband James
O'Carroll who departed this
life May 2Ph 1850
May he rest in peace
Amen

(Vault)
Erected to the memory of
Charles Heringan
and his beloved wife
Marv Molvneaux P. I. P.
* by

Pievd John Molyncaux & Michael Heringan
1876

(Vault)
Errected by Robert &
John Stack for himself &
Posterity 1799

I.M.S.
Darby 0' Carroll
Who Departed This
Life (brokeii) ber 1411 17»;7 Ag4-
IS Years.

KERRY.

This Stone was Eroded.
By Darby Keain in
Memory of bis wife
Johana Keain who
Depd this Life May

the 29 1811 Aeed 55 Yrs

I.H.S.

This Tomb was Erected by
Daniel Brosnahan in memory
of his Son Denis who Depd
this Life July the 19th 1803 Aga
28 Years.

IJI.S.

Erected by Thomas
Molony in memory of his
Fath er E d i n u 1 1 d Mol on y
who Depd Life. April the 80th
1795 A.g" 02 Yrs. £
Honoria his Dan depd
life April the 13th 1795 Aged 22 Yr

Erected by Ellen
Stack of Sk eh en eric in
Memory of her beloved
husband Robert Si nek
who died October 1855
aged 55 years.

Thomas Connor Anno
Domini 17t>3 Aged 52
Year8

Mary
Daugh? to Mich1
Fjtz Mai.kice depar
ted this Life Decbr 9,h
1889 Atred 10 Yrs
K.l.l\
Amen

KERRY.

1784

I.H.S.

Here Lieth the Body"
by Mary Bleany wh°
Depd this Life Anno
Aged 32 and her son John
Kerby Dpd .1790 Agd
9 Yr.

(Vault)
This tomb was erected by
Edmond Stack Octo
ber the 1st 1827.

I.U.S.

Martin J Costello &
Their Posterity Tomb

(Vault)

Patrick Stack JDepart* this Life May
24th 1808 Agd 38 Yrs

(Vault)

I.H.S.

This Tomb Was Erected by Debora
Walsh of Meeninare in Memory of
Her Husband Robert Who Died
May 2Bd 1852 Aged 52 years R.I.P
And For Her Family

Here Lieth the Body of
Mary the beloved Daughter

Of the Reverend Robert
Hickson who departed this
Life on the 27th of May 1884
in the 15th year of her age

KILDARE.

Itilmurr.y Cliurclijard, I*aiIiiiCM&laii« Parish.

[From Miss Mabel Raymond Macintosh.]

' The remainder is under ground.'

iii.s.

I.H.S

This Tomb was Erected by | J ohn Borax of Coom to the Me |
mory of his Father David who de | parted this Life on the 14th day
of ] March 1826 Aged 85 years | Iiequiescat in pace.

COUNTY KILDARE.

Bfrtown Ctiurcliyartl.

[From Lord W^ter FitzGerald.]

'Two inscriptions on the Power table-tombs in this churchyard
have already appealed on p. 13!) of Volume II of the Journal.
They occupy the middle of the old church, which was a small one,
as can be seen by the faint traces of the foundations of the building.
Though this burial-ground is stili in use, there are only five head-
stones bearing inscriptions. They read as follows ' : —

I.H.S

Here lveth the | Bod* of Joan leac» I desased in6
yG 19?h"j 1731 Aged 28 years \ Also her Son Of* | No::"

KILDARE,

100

■+

IHS

Here Lyeth the | Body of lohn | Leaey Aiho [sip] |
Departed this J Life y* 13th of Sept*, j 1744 Eaged [14
year.

IHS

* Head- stone broken in two ' : —

+
111 S

Gloria in Excel sis Deo.
This Stone is by Richard Scott
Erected in memory of his Father
Daniel Scott who departed this
Life February the 8Ul [sic'] 1795
Aged 75 years. Also Sarah Scott

Who departed this Life Novr.
the 22th. [ne] 1798 Aged 27 years
Requiescant in pace Amen.

LH.S

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Erected by Edward Moran in
Memory of his Father David
Moran who depd. this life 2s'': March
1825 Aged 03 years. Also his Daugh-
ter Rose Moran who depd. this Life
20th May 1825 Aged 19 years.
Requiescant in pace Amen.

Kilkea in* tie.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' On the opposite page is shown a rubbing of an undeciphered
inscription on a limestone slab now preserved at Kilkca Castle.

1 Many years ago it was removed from the sill of a Barn-door
belonging to a farm-building on the townland of Aghanurc,

To face f age 101.]

101

KILDAItE.

situated between the Hoat of Ardseull and the town of Atby, in the
County Kildare, and transferred for safety by the fourth Duke of
Leinster to Eilkea Castle.

' The inscription is incomplete, as it commenced and ended on
other slabs not now in existence, as far as is known. It belongs to
the commencement of the sixteenth century, as the only portion
deciphered is the lowest line, which reads : —

♦ ♦ Slnno fcomtm miUimmo cato: ♦ ♦

■ The slab measures 4 feet in length, 1 foot in breadth, and is
7 inches thick. It is not unlikely that it may have been brought
along with building material from some demolished structure in
Athy, which is only two miles oh'.'

JLeixlip C Is urclfi y .

[From the Rev; II. L. L. Denny.]

1 In the churchyard, on a large fiat tombstone, surrounded with
an iron railing, is the following inscription ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of
Alexr Lawe, Esqr,
Who died 8"' Jan*, 1830, aged 79 years.
The remains of his revered Father
Eohf Lawe, Esqr.
k of his Mother, Martha Wi'ightson,
are also deposited here, both aged 70 years.
This memorial was erected in testimony
of respect to the Memory of Aiexr Lawe
by his affectionate wife.

Monaster cvin (J*i'€>te»ttmt) Clim-eliyartl.

[Contributed by Mrs. Wheble, and copied bv
Mr. James O'XeilL]

1 Headstones ' : —

Rich* Ilethermgton died | the 25th of May 1798 Agrl 22.
Mary I lethenngton died j the 28th of May 1821, Aga 82'.

' The above dec'1 (RJT.) was a loyalist and fell in the Rebellion.
There is a device of a soldier or yeoman carved on top of stone.'

KILDARE.

102

Edward Kinsley died | •1th Apl 181-1 aged 40 years | He
lived beloved and diea regret**4 j Also his wife Alarg1
Kinsley | Who ffl&pm* this life May 5th | 1817 Aged 40
years.

George Snead wfio depart'1 this life the 10t>J of December
1773 Aged 22 years |

.Beneath this Tomb are deposited
The remains of John Gosselin Second
Son of Thomas Gosselin of Dun more
House Co. Cavan Esq he departed
This life 21th October, 1830
Also those of Frances Gosselin
Wife of the said Thomas Gosselin She
departed this life 8th of August 1831
She was a Wdnlan of a peculiarly
Amiable character much beloved and
respected by ail who knew her and
in death much regretted. .

? Tomb '

In Sure and Certain hope .
of a blessed resurrection unto eternal life
Was deposited here the Mortal Body
of Hkh* Gosselin, Esq,,
late of Portarlington
Who died on the 16th September 1825
in the 87 lh year of his age.
This Stone is Erected
by his Children
As a Small tribute of respect
to the memory
of one of the best of
Fathers.

Also Alice Gosselin (alias Scott) Wife of the
above mentioned Nicholas Who died on the
4th day of April 1825 Looking forward to a
blessed Immortality through the merits of the
Redeemer And on the lht day of May following
their Granddaughter Anne Gosselin daur
of Tho* Gosselin of Dun more co. of Cavan
Esor being Suddenly called away in the
bloom of youth aged 1G years
Here also lie the remains of
Arthur Gostin, Esq*
Sou of the above .Nicholas Goslin
Who died March 1L'*G aged 73 years

103

KILDARE.

* Tombstone ' : —

Here lyes the body of William
Goslin who departed this life
the. 23d day of March 1732
In the 59th year of his age
Also the Body of Mary his
Wife who departed this life
7th day of October 3 736
& in the Go11' year of her age
Here lieth the Body of
John Goslin who depart
ed this life the 0th day of
May in the year of our
Lord 1778 Aged 70 years

* Headstones ' : —

Erected j by Peter Cox in the | mory of his Daught" |
Catherine She Depart* | This Life April the 10 | 1780
Aged 4 years

Erected to the Memory ! of Mr Lewis Morgan | Who
DepJ this life 10th | of June 1821 in the 74tU | Year of
his age.

* Tomb

Irving [on one side]. 1853 [on the opposite].

' Muriel Tablet inside Church ' : —

Sacred
To the Memory of

Agnes
Relict of the .Late
James Cleghorn Esq1' M.D.
of the City of Dublin
Who departed this life
on the 16tb day of July
Anno Domini
18G0
In tke 87th year of
Her Age.

KILDAEE.

104.

" Waiting for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of our body"

Romans 8-28

" In hope of eternal life."
" I am the resurrection

And the life.15

' Tombstone ' : —

The Tomb of
Thomas Somerville Fleming
of Derrylea .

< Right side ' :

In Memory of

Thomas Somerville Fleming Born 15th of Aug8t 1707. And Died 22

of January 1858
Also Their Son

Beecher Pitcairn Fleming J.p. Bom Oct 19th 18:32 accidentally

Drowned May 28th 1879
For if we believe that 3em4 Died and Rose Again Even so them also
Which Sleep in Jesus Will God bring With Him. Thess. IV Chap.

XIV. verse.

{ Left side ' : —

Also His Wife
Dame (?) Mary Frances
Born July 1802 Died 18th December 1874
And Now Lord W hat Wait 1 for ?
Truly my Hope is Ever In Thee
Psalm 30. 7.

' Headstones ' : —

Alathea Fox born the 15th | "of Febury 1791 died the
12tu | of August 1702 EdwdFox | Born the 24 of March
1703 | died the 23 of October 1793 \ This Stone
erected by their affectionate Father

105

KILDABB.

Here lycth the Body of | John Hutchinson who Depd |
this life Febry 17th 1796 | Agd 31 years.

Headstone 1 : —

Tomb ' :—

Here lies the RevnJ Samuel Prefton
late Vicar of the Parish of Monastereva11
And Prebendary of Harriftown in the
Cathedral Church of JKildare Who died
on the 2 day of July 1791 Aged G2 years
Also the Body of his only Son William
Preiton a Student Trinity College
Aged 19 years who died on the 27 of

October 1791
Also the Body of Margaret Preston
Wife to the Revd Samuel Preslon who
Departed this life the 11 day of
September 1803 Aged G2 years

Tomb ' : —

KILDARE.

100

1 Tomb ' :—

Erected by James Vallance of Emo | to the Memory of
his beloved Brother | Mr Henry Vallince late of
Clonaslee | who depd this life deeply regretted by all j
who Knew him on the 12 Jan 1837 Aged 45 years

This Monument is erected

to the Memory of
The Iionbl Ponsonby Moore
And

Catherine his Wife
The latter of Whom departed this life
August 13th 1810 Aged 52 years

The former
August lltb 1819 Aged 90 years.

* Celtic cross ' : —

In Memory of
Ponsonby Moore
Of Moorhckl
• Died 228d April 1SGS

Aged S3 years
And Barbara His Wife
Died 15th September I860
Also of
Captn Frederic Moore
Brother of the Above
Died 27th October 1856.

* Tomb ' :—

Sacred
To the Memory of
James Trench
Second Son of
John Trench Esq10 of
Woodlawn Co. of Galway
Died March 25,h 1832
Aged 22 years
" We believe that Jesus
Died and rose again even so
Thorn also which sleep in Jesus
Will God bring with him "
His sorrowing Parents
Comfort one another
Willi these words.

107

KlLDARl

4 Tomb ' :—

Erected by Timothy Bridge as a
tribute of filial affect-ion arid respect to
the Memory of his Father
Timothy Bridge who dep-1 this life
June 8th in the 00th year of His age
And whoso remains lie buried here
Also to the Memory of his Mother
Mary Bridge who died the 13th March
1853 Aged Gl years
Erected also to the Memory of his

beloved Wife Eleanor Bridge
Who died the 7th December 1860

Aged 29 years
Also to the Memory of his dearly
beloved daughter Eleanor Bridge
Who died 29th May 18GB aged
8 years & 8 months
Here also lie the remains of the above

named Timothy Bridge
Who died 29th September 1888 aged 71
Reqiiiescant in pace Amen

* Tomb '

To the Memory
of

Mrs Eleanor White who departed
this life November 1st A.D. 1818
Aged 78 years
In a well grounded hope of an happy
immortality through the merits of her Lord
And Saviour Jesus Christ
Erected

by her Sorrowing and deservedly attached
Husband Rev. William White
Underneath also are buried the
Mortal remains of the above named
Rev. William White who departed
this life the ;Vh day of January 1857
in the 88"' year of his age
Blessed are the dead which die in
the Lord. Pie v. 1-lc low

K I LB ABE.

108

1 Headstone ' : —

Thomas Waldron | departed this | life the 1. of Juno
1814 | Aged 74 yrs.

' Tomb ' :—

Henry Brown Esq, j Died 8th July 1846 | Aged 74 years

' Tomb ' : —

Greeted | in Memory of four infant children j of |
Maddison Wall and Harriet Fisher | August 1818.

f*i(£$laii«l§ CHtivcliyai'il, ami I*ai*i&li ifoiias-

[Contributed by Mrs. Wheble, and copied by Mr. James O'Neill.]

* On a mural tablet ' : —

As a Tribute of Gratitude and respect
This Tablefchas been placed
By his Parishoners
To the Memory of
The Rev*. John Robinson
R, C. Pastor of Monasterevan and Kildangan
Born June 24. 1767. Died Nov. 10. 1822.
An exemplary and vigilant Pastor
He entertained for his Flock
The Affection of a Parent
And acted as one in ail their concerns
Of an apostolic Simplicity
And the most endearing Sweetness of Manners
He is followed to his Tomb
By the love and veneration
Which attended him through life

10<J

KILDARE.

* Mural tablet ' :•—

Sacred to the Memory of the
Revd Patrick Murphy
Who for fifteen years was the beloved Pastor

Of the United Parishes of
Monasterevan. Kildangan, Nurncy & Lacca.
Devoted

to the duties of the Sacred Minnistry
his uniform kindness, disinterested zeal
And purity of Mind
Endeared him to hip. flock
Who have erected this Monument
Asa testimony of their affection towards him
And a Memorial of His Christian Virtues. His Spirit
Departed this life on the 7th day of July A.D. 1834. In
Hope of a Glorious Eternity through the Merits of
Our Redeemer
Aged 17 Years
Eequiescat in pace.

* A mural tablet ' :—

Erected by the Inhabitants of
Monasterevan. Xurney & Lacca
A.D. 1835.

To testify their lasting regret for the Memory of

the Kev'1. Charles Doran
Who was for 22 years Parish Priest of this Union.
This pious Pastor was distinguished for Simplicity
And d i s i n teres ted n ess
In eventful times Ins watchful prudence
Guided and protected his liock
Indefatigable learned and charitable in the discharge
Of his important duties. He lived beloved by his Parishioners
And respected by his neighbours.
He died on the lG!il of July 1810 in the 55th year of his age
Rich only in good Works
but Possessed of no earthly Treasure
Requiescat in pace

' The old church here was demolished for utilitarian purposes-
by tlie late Dr. Comerfcrd, Pishop of Kildare and Leighiin, and the
only portions of the structure now standing are those supporting the
mural tablet referred to.

' Tradition — father to son (living) — has it that the first
interment in this churchyard took place in 1799.

' What are designated tombstones throughout these reports are
simply horizontal stones, resting, or apparently resting, on the solid
*arth*'

KILDAEE.

110

' Celtic cross ' : —

In Memory
of the

Very Rev*. Philip Healy D.D.
Parish. Priest of Monasterevan
And Vicar Genera) of
The Diocese
Of Kildare and Leighlin
A Model Pastor
He shewed Himself an example of
Good Works in Doctrine
In Integrity, in Gravity
Titus 11, 0.7. v.
He died on the 2TKl of June 1878.
Aged 80 years
May he rest in peace.

4 Copy of Inscriptions on Mausoleum — a handsome structure-
dedicated to members of the Cassidy family.'

Sacred to the Memory of
Mary Cassidy Died 5 July 1889 Aged 80 years
John Cassidy Died 18 October 1834 Aged 78 years
Harvey Cassidy Died 17 March 1839 Aged 48 years
Eobert Cassidy Died 3 July 1858 Aged 67 years
Anna Maria Cassidy Died 8 December 1877 Aged 83 years
Frances Mary Josephine Cassidy Died 11 June Aged 3 months
James Archibold Cassidy Died December 22 1890 Aged (32 year

Eobert Cassidy Died 28 November 1867 aged 3G years
Eleanor M. Cassidy Died 28 March. 1877 aged 84 years

♦ Tomb ' :—

Daniel O. C. Wheble
Son of the late
James J. Wheble Esq.
of Bulmershe Court
Who died 31st May 18G5.

*■ Headstone ' : —

This Stone is Erected by I Bridget Donoher in Memory |
of her Husband Andrew | Donoher who depJ this | life
Scptr 9th 1825 aged 59 | years.

Ill

KILDABE-

Headstono ' : —

Here lies the Mortal remains of | Catharine Kenny who
departed this | life February 7th 1837 aged 59 years.

Headstone '

Headstone ' : —

Tomb ' :—

Sacred | To the memory of the late Mrs Margaret Kelly |
Monasterevan Who depd this life Sep1 13th | A.D. 1817.

Erected by her children in grateful | remembrance of
her many virtues.

Also to the memory of her Son Denis who | Dcp'! this
life NoYr 28th A.D. 1815 Aged 34 years.

Headstone ' : —

Erected by James Peyton in | Memory of his Son
James J Peaton who departed this life'; deceniber the
23rd 1815 | Aged 29 years | May he Rest in Peace j Araen.

KIJ/DAUE.

112

1 Headstone ' : —
•' Erected | in Memory of Mrs Margaret Spain of |
Monasterevan who died on the 19th July 1868 Aged
65 years.

1 Headstone ' : —

Lord liavo mercy on the soul of | Elloner Kavanagli |
Who depd this life Octr. | 20:h 1827 aged 52 years j
Erected by Patk Kavanagh,

' Headstone ' : —

' Headstone ' : —

Erected to the Memory of John Molloy | Who depd This
life Decr 20tu 1811— Aged 5G years.

' Headstone ' : —

Erected by J*8 Barry | in Memory of Ids Beloved j Wife
Bridget Barry Who | departed this life 3rd Septr. j
1822 aged 35' years | also his Daughter Margaret | Aged
3 years.

1 Headstone ' : —

Erected by Paul Kelly to the memory of | his Beloved
Wife Catharine Kelly who | Uepd this life August the
15th 1839 Aged J Li years also his mother who depd
this j life September 26th 1825 Aged 55 years | Also his
Father Who depd this life Octo | bet .the 20th 1830
aged 74 years j Also the above named Paul Kelly who
died 28th Sep 181Gaged51 years. Also their | Laughter
Julia Who died | 1st Jany 1846 aged 12 years.

4 The four following inscriptions are on the same monument,
and are taken down from left to right ' :

Sacred
To the Memory of
Mary A. Purbell who
died April 30 J8G4

Aged 74 years.

113

KILDARE.

Erected by Thomas - ' • *
Xowrnan in Memory
of his beloved Wife Mrs
Mary Lowman as. the
last tribute which was
left for him to pay to the

Memory of his respected
Wife, in her, the Poor have
lost a friend who will be -
long deplored, She
departed this life on
the 3rd of July 1843
Aged 74 years, May
her soul rest in peace.
Amen.

Here also are interred the above
named Thomas Lowman Esq. who
departed this life on the 22nd of
April 1852 Aged 84 years,
ftequioscant in pace

To the Memory of George
Lowman who depa this life
Deer 1st 1820 Aged 27 years
His premature lots is a great
affliction to bis Family and
Friends. he was Eeligious
Talented and promising
This monument is Erected
as a last tribute of affection

and in commemoration of
his virtues by his alSctd Father
Thomas Lowman.

Look down Blest Spirit from the realm above ;
Accept this last sad tribute of our love,
And even now our sorrows we res'gn,
And loose our feelings to rejoice in thine
May he rest ill peaee.

Sacred to the Memory ( of Andrew O'Neill Esq, who j
■departed this life Octr. B1M 1816 | Aged 74 years. May
he rest in peace | be Was distinguished | by the
Sweetness of bis j Manners and the Excel | lence of hi-'
heart. Kind i Generous humane and j a friend to the
poor and | Afflicted.

KILDAEE.

Ill

1 Headstone ' : —

1 Headstone ' : —

Erected by Daniel Delaney in I Memory of his beloved
wife Teres | a Delaney who Depd. July 27th 1842 | Aged
40 years.

' Headstone ' : —

• Monument 1 : —

Beneath are Laid the Mortal Remains of I Henry
Harrington j Who Departed this Life the 28th of May
1884 | In the 72 year of His Age

Here Lie the Remains of Two Children | Of the Above j
Henry Harrington j Who Died Young j And His Eldest
Bon John | Who Departed this Life on the IV1
February 1857 | In the 38r!' year of His Age | Also His
Two Daughters Catherine Ermis who Died on G*~h of
September 1337 In The 81th Year of Her Age | And
Ann Boylau Died on the 12th September 1845 | Aged
24 Years j Reouiescant in Pace

1 Headstone ' : —

115

KILDARE*

Headstone ' : —

Headstone ' : —

Headstone • : —

And two of the above Andrew | W7healon's Children.
John | and Mary who died young

Also his Daughter Anne Whealon | Who died on the
31st July 1855 | Aged 19 years

Headstone ' : —

Erected | By William Holligan in | Memory of his
beloved Father | John HoUican of Shindeia | Who
depd. this life August 10** 18*8' j Aged 77 years

Also his Mother Judeth Holligan | Who clepa. this life
March 28u 1837 | Aged 84 years

Headstone ' : —

Also in Memory of her Second husband | Patrick Kelly
who departed this life j March 31st 1867 aged 6G years |
Here also both the remains of Said | Marcolla Kelly
Who died 20th October | 18C8 Aged G8 years.

KILDAHE.

116

< Headstone ' : —

' Headstone ' : —

* Both inscriptions on same monument baton different slabs '

Sacred to the Memory
of Charles FitzGerald
Who departed this life the 23rd
April 1828 Aged 1 year & 8 mths

The Lord gave and the Lord tak
eth away Blessed be the name of
the Lord

Ere Sin could blight or sorrow fade

Death came with friendly care
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed

And bade it Blofsom there

Here lieth the body of
Anne M. FitzGerald Who
departed this life the 2nJ
Day of March 188] Aged 27
years. May she rest in
Peace. Amen.

This Unique and lafting Monument
Erected by Peter Gerrard
In Memory of 3 lis beloved Wife
Bridget.

Who departed this life december the 4th 1885
Aged 50 years

To face page 117.]

/ foot r'-xfazo?

2 fat

• ■ - /- : - ~* '

AN EARLY THIRTEENTH-CENTURY EFFIGY OF A KNIGHT
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT TIMOLIN, COUNTY KILDARE.

[From a drawing by the Rev. William FitzGerald, formerly Lector of Grange Con,

Co. WicklowJ]

From a block lent by the County Kildare Archaeological Society.

117

KILDAHE-

She's Dead but only Dead to this
Sad deceitful World of oars.
She's Gone to Share that Heavenly Blifs
For which She Laboured her Mortal Hours

Ah Well she felt thofe Palling Scenes
Thofse Empty Baubles that Mortals Cherifh
Were but as Fleecing farcy's dreams
Which live the Night and at Morn Perish.

XiiMOiiit CI 1 1 » r c is .1 ■ n r d .

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' The illustration on the opposite page shows the effigy of a
knight, which lies under a yew-bush on the north side of the
Protestant church : it has been already referred to on p. 192 of the
first volume of The Journal. According to Archdali's " Monasticon
Hibernicum," a nunnery was founded at Timolin early in the reign
of King John, under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for
nuns of the Order of Aroacia, by Robert son of Richard, who placed
therein his grand-daughter Lecehna. The effigy is supposed to
represent him.

' The effigy slab is of limestone ; it bears no inscription. A large
shield covers most of the body; a " bar75 crosses it halfway down.
The upper half is occupied by a large ''crescent" or half moon;
but as the effigy is supposed to date from the end of the twelfth
century, at which period eoats-of'-arms had not become permanent
in families, these devices afford no clue to the identification of the
owner.

' Robert, son of .Richard, was Lord of Norragh (now Narragh-
more, near Timolin), but his surname is unknown.

1 This is supposed to be the oldest knight's effigy in Ireland.'

Tlic Yew-tree Churchyard, JParish of
MUmitsttireviJi.

[Contributed by Mrs. Wheble, and copied by Mr. James O'Neill.]

' Headstones ' : —

KlLDAIli:.

118

Here Lyeth the Body | of William Conlan wh° | Dcpd
this life May 12Ul j 1761 Aged G3 yra Also | Jiles Conlan
Depd May [ 3rd 1709 Aged GO yrs

Here Lyeth the Body of Pairick j Broughall who Depd
Sept1 19'" 1753 | Aged 75 years Also his Wife Mary |
Dep'1 Mar 4th 1787 Age 73 | May they rest in Peace
Amen.

* Heads tones ' :• —

Erected by Thomas | Braughall in Memory j of his
Parents October | the 7 1797 May they j Rest in Peace
Amen.

119

KILDARE.

Here Lyoth the Bo | dy of Laurence Brougha" | Who
Depd this life | May fehe 17th 1778 Age'1 Ab* | 12 years.

Here lieth the Body of | Brine Dunigan who | departed
this life 1739 Ad | ge 50 yrs.

Here lies yc body of Paul | Dunn d.epd May yc 1st 1763
Agd. | 22 years.

Here lieth the body | of Wat Malone who | Depart'1 this
life the 10tb | of Janury 1776 aged 51 yrs

Here Lyeth the Body of | Edwd Malone who | Departed
this life" June 27 | 1806 Aged 51 years.

0 Lord have Mercy on | the ioul of James Donaher J
Who depli this life June 6th 1803 Aged 78 y1'8

Sacred to the Memory of Andrew Dunn ] of Mountrice
who dep'1 this life March 9th | 1818 aged 72 years Also
his son Peter | Dunn who died April 10th 1811 aged 27
yri | Also his Sun Pilch* Dunn who died j March 19th
1826 aged 48. y" | May they rest in peace Amen

Erected by Jn° Murray ] M* Pice in Memory of his |
Wife Anne Murray who depard | This life Februy 21'h
1821 aged I 56 vears Also his Daughter | Catherine who
dep'lJ Sepr' | 2o'J 1821 aged 29 years.

KILKENNY. 120

Here Lies the Body | of Denis Dunegher.
1 About 15 inches only of this headstone above the earth.'

1 Tombstone 5 :—

Here Lyes the body of Edmd | Son to Joseph Doniehor
who | Lied the 7th day of Septr 1741 | in the 7th year of
his age.

Pray for the soul | of Hose Fitzpatrick | who depd this
life | May 27 1777 Ag'1 | 50 y»

COUNTY KILKENNY.

C*r*4imasrli (or Granny) Castle inscription.

[Kindly copied by Mrs. Raymond de la Peer of Kilcronagh.]

' The inscription given below appears on a slab fixed to a v
inside the ruins of this castle ' : —

The ancient Castle of Granagh in the baro
ny of Iverk, in the county of Kilkenny is suppos
ed to have been erected about 500 years ago it
was formerly a strong fortress and the residence
of the proud & puissant earls & Dukes of
Ormond, who there held their baronial court
Bred in all the pomp and splendour of feudal
magnificence. This venerable fabric was in
part demolished during the civil wars of unhappy
Ireland, and the spoliating hands of the thoughtless
neighbouring peasantry had nearly completed
Its destruction when George Roche Esq1

[Some lines are intentionally obliterated here.]

being desirous of
preserving from total ruin the feeble remains
of this once proud monument of the architectural
skill of the ancient iris)). Caused the new wall
on the other side to be built at a considerable
expense and all the breeches in the old one to
be filled up, under the superintendance of
Edward Korke a mason of the city
of Waterford 24tb December
1827.

121

king's county.

Kilkenny, die Frauei^caii A.l*Uey.

[From Colonel J. Grove White]

'In a recess in the wall of the old refectory of St. Francis's
Abbey (now a store in Mr. Smith wick's brewery) there is a stone
bearing the following fragment of an inscription in Looibardic
characters ' : — -

*ICI GIT RICAED ....
'I.e., Here lies Richard '

KING'S COUNTY.

Au'dnifi'cli er Cntsr eSa.

[From J. F. Fuller, f.s.a.]

Sacred
To the memory of
Ash ton BicliersfcaS Esqr
Formerly of Preston in
Lancashire., who departed
This life at Granville in the
King's County on the 14th day
of June 1853 aged 28

B>roug-l!iviIIe, JParisIi of »rttroe«IIen.

[From Thomas U. Sadleir.]

( On an altar-tomb, enclosed with railings, in the demesne of
Droughtville, is the following ' : —

Here lie the remains of
Thomas Drought Esquire, of
Droughtville Forest, formerly
Colonel in the Volunteers of Ireland.
He was the Proprietor and Planter
of the surrounding lands.
A hind and indulgent Landlord
The strenuous and steady advocate
of Liberty

KING S COL' NT Y.

122

As a scholar he possessed great
talents and information, by which
he oftentimes delighted his hearers,
Ohiit 8 die jimii a.p. 1833. Anno Aetatis 78.
Here also are deposited the remains
of Thomas, Caroline, and Charles, 3 of
the children of Thomas Drought. Intered
here according to his wishes.

30*rux>«cianeii Clinrcli> aril.

[From Thomas U. Sadleir.]

* In and around the ruins of the Church are several tomb-
stones ! : —

I.H.S.

•Here Lyeth the Body of John Egan j who departed this
life, August | ye 26th 1782, aged 22 years.

I.H.S.

Lord have mercy on the Soul | of Peter Daily, who
departed j this life August 8th 1790, aged | 1G years.
Erected by his Father j Dennis Daily.

Oh heavenly Father have mercy on the | Soul of
Wenefrid Feighery, alias Larkin | who departed this
life August- 15th | 1773, aged 50 years. Erected by
her | husband John Feighery.

0 Lord have mercy on the Soul of | Peter Troy who
depd this life j . . . 1815, aged 63 years

. . . James Coughlan
who dep* this life July 24th 1785,
Aged 46 years.

Also his wife Margret Coughlan
who depd this life July 11th 1813,
aged 57.

Erected by their son
Michael Coughlan

123

KING S COUNTY.

3Eden«ler#y Cliurcli.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

1 The Protestant church at Edenderry was built in 1777. It
contains some modern mural monuments, and one of the early
eighteenth century to the Blundell family, which was discovered
in, and removed from, the ruins of Monasteroris Church (formerly
the Parish Church of Edenderry) in 1814. This monument con-
sists of a white marble slab, bearing the following inscription' : —

Near this place
Ives burrid the Body of
SAEAH LADY BLVNDELL, Relict
of S14. GEORGE BLVNDELL barronet, h
sole daughter & heiress of Su. WILLIAM
COLLY of Edenderry (who dyed ye "25th of
. February 1701), and Was a person of most
- Exemplary Piety and charity, to whose
Memory this Marble is dedicated bv
her son Sn. FRANCIS BLVNDELL barronet,
who with her Consent Marry'd two Excel*

ent wives, viz*., in December 1071
"VRSVLA daughter of 8B. PAVL DAVYS,
Secretary of State, Privy Councellor, &
Clark of the Couneill, who dyed in may
1(173 deliver'd of a dead child & ly's
buried near her Father in S1. AVDEONS
Church ; and in December 1G75 He Marry'd
ANNE the daughter of SB. HENRY
INGOLSBY, Parr : & Privy Councellor,
who dv a ye 14tb of Inly 1705, & Ives burid
by her Father in SL BRIDGETS Church
in DVBLIN. He bad by her sev«n Sons
And two Daughters, GEORGE, HENRY,

CHAKLKS

FRANCIS, WILLIAM, WINWOOD and
MONT AG VE, ANNE, and SARAH

THE ABOVE GENEALOGICAL TABLET
WAS SOME TIME BACK FOUND
3N THE RUINS OF THE OLD CHURCH OF MONASTERORIS
A XL) REMOVED TO THIS SITE

by MARY MARCHIONESS OF DOWN SHI RE

AND

BARONESS SANDYS
THE LINEAL HEIRESS AND DESCENDANT OF
MONTAGUE LORD VISCOUNT BLUNDELL

1814.

LEITRIM — LIMERICK.

124

f The date, 25th of February, 1701, appears fco refer to the
death of Sarah, Lady Biurtdell. She was the daughter, as stated
on the slab, of Sir William Colley, Kt., of Edenderry, son of Sir
George Colley, Kt., of the same place, eldest son of Sir Henry
Colley, Kt., of Castle Carbnry, in the County Kildare, who was a
Captain in the army of Queen Elizabeth. Sir William's wife wag
Elizabeth, sister to Sir John Clifford, Kt., of Castlejordan, in the
County Mcatb. Besides the daughter Sarah, be had a son, George
Colley, of Edenderry, who married Eleanor, a daughter of Sir
Dudley Loftus, Kt,, of Killyann, and, dying without issue, his sister
Sarah became his heir.

' Sarah's husband. Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet, was the
eldest son of Sir Francis Blundell, created a Baronet in 1020, who
had married Joyce, daughter of William Serjeant, of Waldridge, in
B u c k i n g 1 i a n i s hire.

' Sir George's grandson, Sir Montague Blundell, 4th Baronet;
was created Baron of Edenderry and Viscount Blundell in 1720,
and, on his death, without surviving male issue, in 1750, these titles
became extinct. His daughter Mary married, in 1733, William
Trumbull, of East Hampstead Bar);, Berkshire, and had a daughter
Mary, who married the Hon. Martyn Sandys, and was the mother
of Mary, Baroness Sandys, who married, in 1750, Arthur Hill.
2nd Marquis of Downshire, and by whom the slab was placed in
Eden derry Ch urch . '

COUNTY LEITEIM.

[Nil.]

COUNTY LIMERICK.

®t. Mary's Cathedral.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

Some or the oi.dek To&bstoxe Inscriptions inside the
Cathedhal.

' On the north side of the choir is a very large monument in
black ami white marble, erected by the O'Briens, Earls of
Thomond. It is somewhat similar in style to the Cork and
Ranelagli monuments in St. Bat rick's Cathedral • in Bubiin, and,
like them, dates from the first half of the seventeenth century.

THE THOMOND MONUMENT IN ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL,

LIMERICK.

[From a photograph by Thomas Bernard, of Limerick.}

125

LIMERICK.

- 1 On the base of the monument reclines Donou^b O'Brien,
Earl of Thomond, who died on the 5th September, 1C2-1 ; and on a
tier above him reclines his wife, tire Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald,
second daughter of Gerald. 11th Earl of Kildare. Both the effigies
are much broken. They are carved in sand-stone in the elaborate
costume of Elizabeth's time.

'Under the arching portion of the tomb, on a slab at the back of
the tomb, is cut in incised lettering 5 : —

THIS MONVENT BEING DEFACED IN YE TIME OF YE LATE REBEL-
LION OF IRELAND WAS BY HENRY YE SECOND EARLE OF THOMOND \
OF ANEVE REEDIFYED AN 1678 IN MEMORY OF HIS MOST NOBLE
GRANDFATHER DONAGH O'BRIEN EARLE OF THOMOND, BARON
OF IBREACAN, PRESIDENT OF MVNSTER, & ONE OF HIS MAI8 FBI
VY COVNOLL, WHO HAYING DERIVED HIS TITLES FROM AN AN-
CIENT & HONOYRAELE FAMILY SOMETIME FOYNDEES OF THIS
CHVRCH LEFT THEM TO POSTERITY MORE ENNOBLED BY HIS OWN
VERTVE FOR GIVING EQVALL PROOFES BOTH FOR COVE AGE &
CONDVCT OF HIS LOYALTY & WORTH HE WAS REWARDED BY Y*
HIGH & MIGHTY MONARCHS QVEEN ELIZABETH & RING
IAMES WITH HONOVRS ABOWE YE NOBILITY OF HIS TIME.

/To the left of this monument, and high up in the wall, is a
square limestone tablet bearing the name Donoh inscribed over a
coat-of-arms, consisting of a chevron between three lions, all carved
in relief. According to the Rev. James Dowd's " History of
St. Mary's," this tablet commemorates Donogh O'Brien, Bishop of
Limerick during the latter half of the twelfth century to the lime
of his death in 1207. This. I consider, assigns to the tablet far too
eariy a date.

' On the opposite side of the choir is a plain, limestone monu-
ment resembling an altar-tomb, which is said to have borne the
robed and mitred effigy of a bishop, but of which not a trace now
exists. Cornelius O'lJca was Bishop of Limerick from 1400 to
1426. On the front of the tomb is cut the following inscription 1 : —

H.EC EST EFFIGIES REVEREDIS.SIMI VIRI CORNELII o'DAE
Q VON DAM EPISCOPI LYMERICENSIS QYI AD MONYMENTVM
HOC NOYVM EFTSCOFORVM LYME R I C E N S I Y M AD
PERPETVANDVM MEMORIAM ET HONOREM TAN IT PR.ESYLIS
TRANSLATVS FVIT VT HIC CYM FRATP.1BVS SV1S RE Q VIE S C E R E T
Id DIE IYLII ANO DOMINI 1G21 REMOTVS AVTEM HVC FVIT
SYMFT1BY3 KCBILISS1MI HEHOIS DONATU COMITI3 THOMONLE
TYNC HONORATISSiMI DOMINI PB.ESIDENTIS PROV1NCI E MOMON.E

LIMERICK. 12G

1 Translation from the Rev. J. Dowd's History of the Cathedral ' : —

This is the effigy of that most reverend man, Cornelius
O'Dca, formerly Bishop of Limerick, who, to perpetuate
the memory and honour of so great a prelate, was trans-
ferred to this new burial place of the Bishops of Limerick,
that here he might rest with his brethren, on the 11th '
clay of July, 1621. But his body was removed hither at
the charge of that most noble, hero Donat, Earl of
Thomond, then the Most Honourable Lord President of
the Province of Munster.

' In the north transept. Mural monuments ' : —
This smal Monument was Erected
by Standisji Hartstonge, Esq!;, RECO-
RDER OF THIS ClTTY, IX MEMORY
OF HIS DEAEE WIFE ELIZABETH YK
DAUGHTER OF FkANCIS IeRMY OF GoN-

ton.1n the covnty of noeffolke esq,:*
by Alice his Wife the daughter of Sr An-
thony Irby of Boston, Kt. who dyed ye
5 or Ivly 1GG3, and lyeth bvried in

THIS ChVRCH, WHO HAD ESSVE E LEAVEN
CHILDREN WHEREOF 7 ARE NOV." LI VEIN G.

1677

1 Built into the back of a three-arched recess is a long slab, with
a Latin inscription in liighly-raised letters ' :—

fine foes f tumult ftfljo $hl&V a mtttro
• ©alfrtti' art:«e tf)e* "qpntr fett' rcc''c
xin lute maya tztftii i pare ppetua
gin0 mt tuii tn° iic xtx I "

Zi\ tn$k$ eafce qfr Jji'c luces pretalie

'This is given in full in Mr. Bowel's "History of St. Mary's11
thus':—

Hie jacet in tumuli fundo, sublatus a mundo
Galfridus Artrue, thesaurarius quondam istius ecclesiffl
xvi luce Maya requievit in pace perpetua
Anno crucifixi Domini m cccce xi.K,
Tu tranaiens cave quod hie dices Pater et Ave.

127

LIMERICK.

'Translation from Canon Meredyth's " Guide to the
Cathedral'":—

Hero lies in the bottom of the tomb, withdrawn from
the world, Geofiry Arthur, formerly Treasurer of this
Church. He rested in perpetual peace on the 16th light
of May, in the year of the Crucified Lord 1519. Thou
who passest by take heed that thou say est here a Pater
and an Ave.

* To the right of the last-named monument, and in similar
lettering, is a mural slab, which Mr. Dowel states belongs " to a
Prior of the Augustinians, whose establishment was also called Holy
Cross." The date he incorrectly gives as 1519, whereas it should
have been read 1531,* With the exception of one word, the inscrip-
tion is very legible.'

Hftc fecet a&efc mus wijt$ Sox

guotia po& g'ce amis' S We cftwst't
£I.nrcnul xxtoiii? We megfe m#i\$tt
&n° Jjiit nt° x>c xxxt cut' ate pptetet ucus.

1 Mr. Dowd writes that the illegible word has by some been
guessed to be " Keverendus," but that it is too short for the space.

Tee illegible Title on the Fox Slab.

* See p. 55 of his "History of St. Mary's.

LIMERICK.

128

Can it bo that the " dus " at the end of the illegible word is a u das "
or " Pominus," a common Latin title with ecclesiastics? The
translation of the inscription would then be ' : —

Here lies the Reverend (?) lord John Fox, formerly
Prior (?) of Holy Cross, who closed his last day (i.e. died)
od the 28th day of the month of August, in the year of
Our Lord 1581 ; on whose soul may God have mercy.

' To the left of the Arthur monument is a square slab in the
wall (brought, it is said, from the chancel) bearing the following
end of an inscription in large raised capital letters ' : —

LIE II A K OLD
OYI HOC OP\T
S FIEltf FECJERV
NT ArT lT\l 1629.

4 The inscription probably commenced with : —
OEATE PEG ANIMABYS

' Id what is now known as " the Arthur family Chapel," which
adjoins the north transept, there are several slabs and fragments of
others laid in the pavement.

1 The most interesting one is a narrow brown slab bearing
animals, foliage, and a cioss, all cut in bold relief. According to
tradition this slab, which measures 5 feet in length, marked the
grave in the choir of Donal "more" O'Brien, King of Limerick, and
founder of Si. Mary's {circa 1172), who died in 1194. It is not
quite correctly illustrated in the Bet, J. Dowd's History of the
Cathedral, as the animals'* necks are not shown crossing over the
shaft on the cross; this error also appears in our Journal, vol. in,
p! 88.

'Close to this slab is one of lime-tone, bearing down its length
a black-letter inscription in four lines, which reads : —

<&mtt a ata ti)omc ttatfil fi'tt't Saln'o q
olm't » tn'e ttuttt a0 1407 tt p aifa ♦
ti.\*on'0 et' ci p ata petrtcreast) ftltt cor q
olnit no0 Dtc matt a*5u 1546 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

* Some think the anisasJfe are intended to represent the lions of the O'Brien
ceat-of -arms ; such is not ray opinion, a» th^re is no attempt at resemblance to
lion^ in thesfc animals, besides which there arc three other grotesque animai*
on the ti$b.

[To face p 128.

* Hi

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Air* 4 '

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1-29

LIMERICK.

'Unfortunately the name of Thomas fitz David Creagh's wife is
illegible. This inscription, as given in the Rev. J. Dowel's

1 <*

Thomas Cre age's Wife's Illegible Name on the Slats.
(The surname portion may be Striche, a Limerick merchant's name in 1* j.)

" History of St. Mary's Cathedral" (with the exception of the first
line), is utterly wrong.'

j|Sto>»j

'Between this slab and King Donal's is another Creagh monu-
ment on the pavement; the inscription is cut in bigb relief, and
reads ' : —

■jl)k facet ntagfeter

i) Qttontiam \

fetttts celeste
i freeanas

'Andrew Creagh resigned the DeansHip in 15-13; and was
succeeded by Andrew Stritcbe, who died in 1551.'

[ORATE] PRO • ANIMAS' ■ DOMINICI

ET • GENETE 1 OR

I o T

CO ■ s

X
CD

LIMERICK.

ISO

' Ou a fragment is a shield bearing two coats-of-arms, viz., on
the dexter side, a chevron between three birds ; on the sinister
side, a chevron between three heraldic roses.

' The initials B B W appear above and at the sides of the shield..
1 Upside down to the shield is cut in incised letters ' : —

ANNA.
FAKING
VXOR EIVS
OBIT 13 MAR
Gil . ANO . DOI
1634

D.O.M

'A eoat-of-arnis, quarterly; first and fourth, per pale indented
argent and gules; second and third, azure lion rampant or ' : —

Motto: FIDES NON TIMET.

HERE LIES INTERE30 THE
BODY OF NICHOLAS RICE
ES^'-'' COWSELLEfi AT
LAW WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE THE 19 DAY
OF MARCH 1709 AGED
56 YEARS AND ALSO
THE BODY OF MARY
RICE HIS WIFE WHO
DYED THE 15 DAY OF
MARCH 1721 AGED
51 YEARS.

1 Close to the ahove is a large slab bearing no inscription, but
at the top end is a coat-of-arms — a chevron between three clarions
for Arthur, and the initials P 0 A, l'HO. At the foot of the slab
is another shield, bearing a lion rampant, and the initials E P R.

131

LIMERICK.

1 A slab badly fractured ' : —

[Coat^of-arms — G ules, a chevron between three rests, or clarions,

EXPECT AN S VLTIMAM
RE SVRKE'CTIONEM HIC
IACET THOMAS ARTHVR
F1TZ FRANCIS QVI . . .
HAG VITA MIORAVIT
DIE Gv IVNII AN. 1729

JETATIS V° 7G
VENIT HORA IX QVA
OMNES QVI IN MON-
VMENTIS SVNT AVDITE
VOCEM FILII DEI Jo. 0.

v. 2S

' The following are in the baptistery ' : —

Tejs Tombstone was | Erected by Elizabeth | Corns

This Tom p. was Erected by
Bernard O'Loghlen IN
Memory of his Grandfather
Bernakd G'Logheen who
Departed this Life June 21
170S Aged Go Years
as allsoe his father m organ
o'loghlen who departed this
Life y* 10th of August 17 • 2 Aged
58 Years.

Here [under lye]th allsoe
The Erector of this Tomb
Bernard O'Loghlen son
vnto MoEgan O'Loghlen
who departed this Life
. . . lin Aged 31

John Lice his Tomb
1701

I.H.S

LIMERICK. 132

EiVS ANNA CREAGH

CJ3

mi mwrn i ±iisQ iao

' In the following inscription many of the letters are con-
joined *■:> *

liiY

This Tomb was erected by Piers | Meroney in Memory
of his | Mother Margarett Meroney j alias Creagh

WHO DEPARTED j THIS LlFE FEBRUARY 17™ 1706 | AND

BY HIS SON EDjMoRONEY ]

The Omnipotent God receive | theere Soules Amen |

' In the chapel containing the effigy of Lord Limerick ' : —

Here lyetii the Body of Ale>x. | Philip Stacpole
Deceased j I)ec1ek the 4t:! 1715 Aged 69 years j Also
his wife I,\ne Creagh j who deceased May ye 3th [sic']
1717 | Aged 59 years j Here lyeth also ye Bodv~| of
Ioun Eoche Senr His j son-in-law who departed j this
Life 18 Ianuary 17G0 | Aged 71 with an unblemish*u |
Character.

4 On the pillar near the south entrance into the cathedral : —
memento moey
here lieth lit tele sam yell
bar1nton that great ynder
taker of famioys giftes*

Kot Cittis, as Mr, Dowd prints the word.

333

LIMERICK.

CLOCK AND CHIME MAKER

HE MADE HIS ONE TIME GOE

EARLY AND LATER, DVT NOW

HE IS RET VRNED TO COD HIS CREA

TOR.

THE 19 OF NOVEMBER THEN HE
SCEST. AND FOR HIS MEMORY
THIS HERE IS PLEA ST BY HIS.
SON BEN 1G93

{ Canon Meredyth, in his Guide to the Cathedral, gives the
following inscription from a slab inserted in a column on the left of
the choir, which I have overlooked. It reads ' : —
Tins Monument was Erected by
William Yoexe to y" Memory of his
deceased father alderman
William Yorkk, who lyes here in-
terd : was tkrice maioe : gave above
400LI FOR byilding yk exchang free-
ly BESTOWED ITT ON THE CORaORA-
TION : CONTEIRYTED TO YE BELLS AND
ChYJUES, WHICH WERE CAST AND
SET VP IN HIS M AI OR ALT Y E S WAS
CHARITABLE TO THE POORE : CONSTANT
TO HIS FRIENDS : DYED IN THE TRVE CHRI-
STIAN FAITH THE LAST YEAR OF HIS
MAIORALTY APRIL 1 1679 /ETATIS
SV/C 42 LEAVING WlLLIAM IlOGEF,

k Iane his issv by Anna the Dayg
htek of Henry Hart, Esq".

The Galwey Monument in the South Transept.

' The following description of this interesting monument is
taken from an account of it written by Mr. T. J. Westropp in the
"Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland" for
1898, consecutive volume xxvni : —

' About the middle of the fifteenth century, Edmund, son of
Geoflry Galwey, and Margaret, daughter of Richard Bultingfort,
erected a handsome tomb in memory of their relatives in the south
transept. The monument consists of a low, cinquefoil arch, the
cusps of which enclose triangular designs of foliage, while their
points ended in leaves. It rests on octagonal piers of clumsy
design, two on each side, and has a lofty angular hood richly
crocketed and moulded, and ending in an elaborate finial. To each
side a buttress with a rich terminal rests on a corbel adorned with
a small angel holding a blank shield.

LIMERICK. 184

' Three armorial tablets are sot in this monument; the first, in
the tympanum above the recess, has the letters u S.R.B." (Scutum
Kicardi Bultingfort), and, below this, the arms, a fess engrailed
with a label of five points in chief.

« The second, to the left, 11 S.G.G." (Scutum Galfridi Galwey).
Arms, for Galwey — A cross, over it a bend, impaling a double
eagle displayed.

1 The third, to the right. " S.E.G." (Scutum Edmundi Galwey).
The Galwey arms, impaling for Arture a chevron between three
clarions. There are traces of dark-red and blue-grey paint on these
carvings.

* Of a much later date is a tablet overhead ; it displays as crest
the chained cat of the De Burghos. Arms quarterly : —
1st — Galwey. 2nd — A double eagle displayed.
3rd — Baltingfort. 4th — Ball's Bridge.
' Below it, in strangely combined capitals —
LVMNIA (sir) QYM LECTOR
TV1 (sic) CEBNNVT (sic) HISCE IOHANI
MVEIS SOVLPTA SACEIS
QVADEAT INSIGNIA GALWEY.
[I.e., Reader, what thy eyes behold graven on these walls are the
armorial bearings of John Galwey.]
1 A long tablet is embedded in the back wall of the recess. The
•middle is much injured ; Ireton's soldiers are reputed to have
defaced it out of hatred to Sir GeoiTry Galwey, mayor of the city
in 1 G •"> 2 . It is most improbable that Puritans who spared the
shields, and still more the figures, of angels on the corbels and
the crosses on the sedilia, deliberately defaced an unobtrusive
black-letter inscription which probably none of them conld read.
More probably the heat of a memorial lamp hanging in the recess
injured and cracked the tablet. The inscription, which was figured
from a rubbing and sketch, reads as follows : —

(l)k iacct in) tu6(a ♦ ♦ . bencr)a6iti^ (fc)ir fiicarbinss
(23uItig)forr quota . . . cibifatu Iim(crici tt)

£orragicq(Qbi)it 2Eno fcoi maxth

l)k iacct . . ♦ bencraBitt^ bit <0aI(ft)iDu(s)
cSaibcp quota citais (cifci)tatu limcriti £orca(gie ct)
clatforbic q obit. .bic-Jamuiru JinobonucccxI . . (<S)bmit
bit? filing talis «£5a (lfr)ibi ct a^argarctc filic talis fici
ista tuba fieri (fcccr)ut. [fiultigfiort

* Mr. Westropp considers this a ?culptor\s error for " Margareta filia."
She was probably Edxauocl Gahvty's wife*

[To face page 134.

h m a a g fesssgsd = fessggssa

THE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MONUMENT OF RICHARD
BULT1NGFORT AND GEOFFREY GALWEY, IN
v ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, LIMERICK.

[From a drawing by Mr. T.J. Westropp, in the " Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries,
Ireland" consecutive vol. xxviii, p. 44.]

185 LIMERICK.

\ The missing part in the second line is longer than 11 civis " ; it
maybe " propositus.*' In. the third line the day and month are
lost.*

'Mr. Westropp adds that an inventory of Geoffrey Galwey's
goods was taken on January 5th, 14-15, and his Will was proved
seven days later, so that his death took place between the 1st and
the 5th of January in that year ; he had live sons, viz, :— Richard,
Geoffry, Edmund, Walter, and William; the second son, Geoffry,
was ancestor of the Galweys Baronets.

The Richard Bultingfort mentioned in the first half of the
above inscription was married to Katnerine Roche, who- proved his
Will before Bishop Cornelius O'Dea on the 1st August, 1406. The
Will was dated the day after either the 1st or 8th of March (i.e., the
day after the Feast of St. Senan), 1405.

Xjftiutcrfclc, St. 'Mary's Catlt£«lral Kuriiil-groiiinl.
[From Peirce G, Mahony, M.R.I.A., Cork Herald of A.rms.]

1 Last May when in Limerick, I noticed a tombstone in the yard
of Messrs. O'Doherty & Sons, who have their Stone and. Marble
Works close to St. Mary's Cathedral. On inquiring how it came
there, they informed me that it came from the Cathedral, and chat
it was given to them.

1 As I was leaving Limerick that day, I had no time to make
further investigations; but Dr Fogerty, r.n., one of our new
members, very kindly took the trouble to copy the inscription here
reproduced ' : —

I. H. S.

This stone Was Erected by
William Ry&fi in memory of his
Son Denis Ryan Who depart6*
this life may 10 177 i Aga* 18
years.

' I should add that it was stated that the tombstone was found
G ft. underground while makings new7 grave, and that had Messrs.
O'Doherty not removed the stone, it would have been broken up.*
The attention of the Dean has been called to the matter. This is
only another instance of how tombstones in this country are lost
or destroyed.

* Through Mr. Mahouy's efforts this stone has been replaced in the
Cathedral burial-ground.

LONDONDERRY.

130

JLimericl*. St. J&taracliin'iS ChiucUyard.

[From Peirce G. Mahony, M.R.I.A., Cork Herald of Arms.]

Sacred to tbe Memory of Maria
Morgan Wife of John Morgan
Esq who departed this life on the
17th day of July 1881 in the th year

of her Age in the Blessed hope of
A Glorious Resurrection though [sic]
the Mercies of the Lord Jesus Christ

I. H. S.

Erected in memory of Mr Patrick | Corbett Nerisss?
Oorbett his wife Sc I their children Edward Eliza and
Nerissa Corbett | May they rest in peace.

■ On a Cross standing ' : —

In Loving Memory of
Ellen Louisa
Wife of Capt, EL N. MeRae.
Bengal Staff Corps
Born 29 Novr 1850
Died 21st Decr 1883

Also John Alexander Clarke
Infant son of the above

Thy will be done

COUNTY LONDONDERRY.

Derry Catlie«lral Hiirial-- ground.

[From Major R, R, G. Crookshank.]

1 The undermentioned tombstone stood in the churchyard of
Derry Cathedral, close to tbe great window, but was, I believe,
with others, built over when the chancel was restored by the late
Dean of Derry — Dr. Sun ly- -which should not have been allowed
at the time.

137

LONGFORD

' The name of Crookshank was closely connected with the Siege
of Derry; and No. 2 window, in the Memorial Hall, Derry, is to
one of the family — William Crookshank ' : —

Alderman John Crookshank Of
This City. Died the 2rV- of -
January 1701 Aged 05 years
Also the body of -John and
Robert sons to Alderman
George Crooksliank and
Mary his wife. Who
Departed this Life the . .
Day of Jan7 1744 Aged

• 55 years

Elizabeth Crookshank

Alias Pitt Departed this life

. 0th of March 1762. Aged 90 years

Also the Body of Anne Crookshank

13 er daughter who Died

February 13th 1705. Aged 05 years.

' The Alderman John Crookshank mentioned in the inscrip-
tion was Captain of the Tram of Artillery during the Siege of
1088. and husband to the Elizabeth Pitt subsequently mentioned,
who was of the same family as the extinct peerages of Chatham.
Londonderry, Camelford, and .Rivers, being descended from
John Pitt (who settled in Ireland), second son of John Pitt, Clerk
of the Exchequer temp. Queen Elizabeth.

' Alderman George Crookshank was son to this John and
Elizabeth Crookshank; and his wife Mary was daughter of
Captain Robert Bacon, Alderman of Coleraine, and sister of
Archdeacon Benjamin Bacon, d.d.. of Tamiaghtard. The grand-
daughter, of George and Mary Crookshank — Esther Kennedy —
married Alexander Crookshank, r,.7„, m.p. for Belfast, 1776-83, and
afterwards one of the Justices of the Common Pleas in Ireland,
1784-1800.'

COUNTY LONGFORD.

TaK*]tslftifiiiiy Ci*urtcIij u »•<!..

[From the Be v. F. & Stoney.]

' Inscription on the Nugent monument, built into the outside
wall of the church.

* Coat-of-arms : — M Ermine, two bars gules."
1 Crest :— " A cockatrice."

LOUTH.

138

( Motto :—" Pccrevi " ' :—

This Monument
Was Erected
By M.r John Nugent of Killeur*
To the Memory
of

His Beloved Eroiher.
Thomas Nugent
Who died the 4th of April 17G1
Aged o2 years
And Likewise His Sister
Judith Nugent
Who Died the 17th of July 1764
Aged 27 years
And also for a
Sepulchral Memorial
of

The Family

? Inscription on Nugent tomb in the graveyard.
' Nugent coat -of -arms and motto ' : —

This Monument Was ErM
To tlie memory of John Nugent
Of the City of Dublin Esqr
Who Vk )/ this life on the 23J
Bay of Febr 1778. In the -15th

Year of his age, & to the
Memory of his Father Francis
Nugent of Colehill Esq1.' &
His mother Surah Nugent
Alias Hall, & for a Sepulchral
Monument of that Family.

COUNTY LOUTH.

Custletoivii Omrelij 'sn'd, near HuiiclalK.

[From John R. Garstin^ v.p.k.i.a., f.s.a.]

' In the ancient churchyard of Castletown is a very interesting
altar-sjab still in which has the following inscription, all in
capitals, running irregularly along 'its four sides, E., S., N4 W. ' ; —

SiR WALTER BELLEWE PRIEST ERECTED THIS
ALTAR IN HONOR OF
SAINT I0HN BAP:

TIST THE FIRST OF IANVARIE ANNO ONI 1031.

[To face x>aOc 138.

189

LOUTH.

' The last figure of this date is now indistinct, but it is given as
" 1 " in the MS. Ordnance Survey Letters, in the Lihrary of the
Eoyal Irish Academy; in D 'Alton's "History of Dundalk and its
Environs"; and in the "Journal of the Louth Archaeological
Society."

< Apropos of this altar-slab, it may be worth noting that the
rnensa or slab of St. Nicholases Church in Dundalk, and of the
Carlingfoud Protestant Church, are of stone,'

UmuasSalTk— Ht. ^U'lsola*** Oaisrel* ami ISlil'ial*

[Kindly contributed by Miss Vigors and Miss Chatierton.'j

' The chancel window was put up by Lord Koden in 1812, and
is said to have been brought by him from Italy. It consists of
twenty- three small medallions — squares and oblongs — set together
in no order, with various pieces of coloured glass, apparently
arranged anyhow; and it has a curious kaleidoscope sort of effect,
anything but beautiful.

£ There is an inscription underneath one of the medallions, on
the left-hand side— in very small lettering, which has already
appeared on. pages 521 and 525 of the second volume of our
Journal.

' The top of the Communion Table is one of the few remaining
specimens in existence of a stone slab ; it is in good preservation,
and has a wooden covering over it. Except for a bevelled edge on
three of its sides, it is quite plain. The material is limestone.

1 The following are the inscriptions inside the church.

' On the right of the chancel : : —

Sacred to the Memory of
Anne Countess of Rouen
daughter of James first Earl of

Clanbrassill,

The days of her age were threescore years & ten
fulfilled

in drawing nearer to the Lord Jesus day by day,
& holding fast to the end
the blessed hope of everlasting life
knowing verily that in all Ihings we must learn of Him
Her constancy and tenderness
as mother & daughter
have beeu seldom Equalled '& never surpassed.

Obitt 1802 ...

LOUTH.

140

Near this spot lie the Remains of James Hamilton, Earl
of planbrassil | Yiicount Limerk, Baron Clan boy, eV
Knight of the most illustrious Order of St Patrick, | He
was bora on the 23''1 of August 1730, was married on
the 21Gt of May 1774 to Grace j eldeit Daughter of
Thomas Lord Foley & died on the 0th of February 1798
leaving no ifiue | His dilconiolate Widow who infribes
this Tablet to his Memory forbears to fill it | with
surperflous Praiie or ulclefs Lamentations | May they
who knew him belt & loved him moft praife him in their |
future Living by a Remembrance of his Example, | and
an Imitation of his Virtues.

' Chancel, right-hand side, near the pulpit': —

Sacred
to the memory of
The RevJ James Montgomery A.M.
who departed this life the 16th August 1803
Aged 76 Years
He was Rector of this parish 19 Years.
He was truly exemplary in discharging
all the Duties of a Christian
M iftister.
He was Pious to his God
Just and Honourable to all men and Unbounded
in his kindnels to the pour.
This Tablet
was errected by his affectionate Niece
M's- R. Reed of Ballyrnoyer
May the 20l" 1809.

1 Chancel, right-hand side ' : —

This tablet
is inscribed as a small token of
filial affection by
Anne, Countess of Mayo,
to the memory of her beloved parents
The HooMe John Jocelvn
of Fair hill,
4th son of Robert, first Earl of Rod en,
who died in Jany 1828, aged 59 years.
And Margaret
his attached wife
. who died in April 181 0, aged G9 years.

Coiossians iv. cb. 4 v.

Revelations xiv clu 13

141

LOUTH.

Chancel, left side. Mural tablet ' : —

To the Memory of
The Revd Eltas Thackeray A.M.
for fifty years Vioab of Dundalk
and Eectok of Castletown.
Uncensing in his exertions
to render this church a suitable temple
for the worship of his divine master

untiring in his advocacy
and support of scriptural education
throughout Ireland
foremost in originating and
carrying out
the several institutions in the parish
and unbounded in his private charities
The members of his congregation
have erected this monument
to evince their deep sense
of his christian merits
and sincere affliction for one
who was both their minister
and their friend.
He departed this life 20th April 1854
aged 83 years.

Tablet in vestry

SOCLE Sf A TEMPORI3
ET BELLI INIVRIA PENITVS
DIRVTA FORMA NOVA ET
ELEGAXTIORI IN ST AVE AT A
FVIT ANNO CHRISTI 1707
RADVLPHO LAMBERTO S.T.P.
YICARIO

HENRICO BVSH mrGrrA1.TT5Va
GEORGIO LOW SIODIBVS

Translation.

This church, utterly destroyed by the ravages of age
and war, was restored in a new and more handsome
shape in the year of our Lord, 1707, when Radulph
Lambert, S.T.P., was Vicar, and Henry Bush and George
Low , Ob urch wardens .

LOW! H.

142

' In the churchyard, at the west end ' : — t

Sacred
To the Memory of
Agnes Burns
eldest sister of Robert Burns
Who departed this life at

Stephen stows
on the 17th October IS'di
Aged 72 years .

Her mortal memains lie interred in the S.E. comer
of this churchyard.

' This inscription is on a high column with a draped urn.1

1 In the churchyard 5 :-—

Underneath the remains
of Fairfax Mercer Esq.
of Fair Fall, who Departed
this life the 16th October 1790
aged 68.

Here lieth the body of Stephen He Joncourt
who departed this life the 9"' day of
April 1795, in the 80th year of his age.

St. ^ieliolaa's., I>uit<lal]fc.

The Field- 11 olywood Tomb.
[From Job]). IF Gars tin, v.p.b.i.a., f.s.a.]

'When Messrs. D'Alton and 0' Flanagan published their
"History of Dundalk and its Environs" in FHG-J, they appended ten
pages of " Topographical and Traditional History." followed by a
" Statistical Account of Dundalk." Under this latter inappropriate
heading is included an utterly inadequate notice of the ancient
Church of St. Nicholas and its graveyard. Of the former they
say: — "The church has, little to recommend it save a richly
coloured, antique, painted window, the unfading tints of which
transmute the light of day into a glorious radiance, symbolic of the
light of heaven "(1). This grandiloquent description is applied to a
curious medley of glass, otd and new, presented by one of tin1 Fails
of Iioden on his being made a Knight of St. Patrick in 18i£, The

To face page 143.]

, ■ ' •*

143 * LOUTH.

" Statistical Account " gives a blundering copy and translation of a
curious inscription included in that window, and of a tablet in the
vestry. It spares only a score of lines to the "number of ancient monu-
ments " in the churchyard, dismissing them as illegible, although
the writers "took great pains to decypher them." It notices only
the slab and pillar in honour of a si seer of ilobert Burns, the poet;
the Mortimer tomb, which, with that of Sir John Bellew, the
"Memorials" published from Isaac Butler's "Journal"; and the
subject of this notice, which it thus describes : —

" Outside the vestry window is an old tomb erected in
memory of more than one, B>sjacent and corpora indicate, but
only one name is legible — Thomas Field. The words presbyter
and capella [sic] fundator imply his sacerdotal character.
The date is 15&6."

< The tomb thus described is a large slab S feet long and 4 wide,
lying flat on the ground, east of the vestry. The inscription, which
is in Latin, is in bold Gothic letters 4 inches high, in relief. It
commences at the end further from the vestry wall, preceded by a
triquetra, runs round the slab, and returns in a second line along
the end where it started, doubling it : all reading from within. The
centre of the slab is plain.

' This stone was not noticed by Isaac Butler when he described
others here in 1744. It was perhaps then underground. The late
Bee tor, Rev. Joseph Rainsford, n.n., finding it broken, had it repaired
and mounted on masonry. Except as hereafter noticed, the inscrip-
tion is clear — the date particularly so.

' The following is from a rubbing made by Miss Vigors and
Miss Chatterton. It shows the inscription as nearly as it can be
represented by modern type, but space has been introduced to
separate the words, which run without division in the original ' : —

51}tc facet corpa tfjome i fcilr fjim utile
tfjo&a fa mod Jmcgeu' preit [? cite

{break)] f,\pcl i U t^iltOV lMQV£te(&

lytil00Xt bxot). fttie c/ oluentt ilk for
13 fci m tt tlla ♦ io ♦ ftl | npU ano

tsnt' 1536°

LOUTH.

144

'There is only one capital letter, the initial fft, not any to thn
names. The letters! have no dots over them. The marks of abbre-
viation are the usual over the words, representing \\ four times
and \\\ once; 115 and 15 and UC are represented by the usual final
flourishes. That which follows V in the fourth line perhaps com-
pletes the word 1 vcre.' Small vowels, a and \, are inserted over the
line in an unusual way, perhaps to correct mistakes of omission,
and 0 appears as usual at the end of the figures.

< The inscription translated into English would he ' :—

Here lie the bodies of Thomas Feld, formerly a famous
burgess of this town, founder of this chapel, and of
Margaret Holyvod, his wife, who died — he indeed on the
13* of the kalends of March and she on the 3 6th of the
kalends of April — in the year of our Lord 1536.

{ The man's surname would probably now be written Field.
Amongst the Prerogative Wills in Dublin there is none of any Feld,
but three under Fell about 1790, and several of Field. In his
u History of the County Dublin," under " Fieldstown," (pp. 394-'9)
D' Alton gives a long account of the family of De la Field. This
family also gave name to townlands in the counties Meath and
Louth — the latter in Ferrard Barony, at the part of the county
furthest from Dundalk.

' The wife's surname was written in earlier Latin as H Dc Sacio
bo sco." It would doubtless now figure as Holy wood or Hollywood,
both of which are to be found' in the Index of Wills. A grest
family of the name was seated at Artane, near Dublin and Clontarl.

'Neither Field nor Holywood appears in the M Dundalk Hearth-
Money Rolls " of 1664, &e.

'The description of Thomas Field is peculiar. " Famosus
burgensifi" may have some technical meaning like that attaching tc
"Tvector magnificus." It probably indicated the holding of some
civic office — not merely that he was an eminent or "famous " citizen
of Dundalk; but D' Alton's description of him as "a sacerdotal
character'' is erroneous. He misread as " presbyter" a word which —
occurring at the break in the stone — is not quite clear, but enough
remains to show that the word is an adjective, qualifying capelle,
and 1 believe it is " presente " (with long s) meaning " this here."

1 Ware records ("Bishops," p. 508) that, in the Parliament held
at Trim in 1485, a chantry was confirmed to the Church of
St. Nicholas, Dundalk, in honour of God, the Blessed Virgin,
St. Nicholas, and St. Richard of Dundalk; and probably the chapel
founded by the Thomas Field commemorated on this tomb was the
latest one of many added, and formerly in St. Nicholas's.

'It is worth noting that husband and wife died witbin a month
of each other. Also that the dates arc given according to the

145

LOUTJJ.

nomenclature used in the Ancient Ealeiidar cf the Romans, which
indeed derived its name from the kalends twice mentioned here to
record the day of the month. These respectively correspond to
what now (and then) were known as follows : — The 13th oi the
kalends of May .-— April KHh. If in the inscription "Marti] " should be
read instead oi' u Maij " that would ~~ February 17th. The 10th of the
kalends of April, on which the wife died == the 17th of March, next
clay but one to the famous "Ides of March, 5 4 and nearly correspond-
ing to out St. Patrick's Day. The use of this mode of recording
dates is very unusual in Irish inscriptions — inscriptions in Irish
seldom troubled about dates. However, in the present Anglican
Liturgy, last revised in 1GG2, on which the Church of Ireland one is
founded, this mode of computation is preserved as an alternative,
though the printers often omit it from the smaller prayer- books.
The name "bissextile" for "tap" year is derived from the
repetition of the sixth of the kalends of March after February 24th.

' The only doubt I have as to the reading- is respecting the
middle letter over the 111 which follows the " 18th of the kalends."
It is between the small a and \, and in shape resembles a reversed
figure 2. It is in an abbreviation for the Latin name of a month
commencing with jflfr, so the choice lies between March and May,
which, being in the genitive case, would read, if not abbreviated,
Martii (or cii) and Maii (whence our M May"), the final t being, as
usual, furnished with a tail, making it in type j. The word in
question cannot be "Maii," so consequently must bo -for the only
alternative ; and the stone-cutter seems to have used the puzzling
symbol under discussion as an abbreviation for the ft or £C of Martii,
and the final [ does duty for that letter reduplicated, as was not
unusual.

' This inscription has no prayer for the souls of the deceased,
which is rem a rkable.

' The Feld tombstone above described should be of great interest
to the inhabitants of Dundalk, as it is now the oldest extant
monument in that town.'

1 Another very ancient black-letter inscription was unearthed
last year in this churchyard, and is now in the church porch, with a
fragment also at the west door on which the word " uxor " appears.'

Tee Lambert Tablet.
[From J. B. Garstim]

' Inside the church, over the Rector's pew, is the Lambert monu-
ment, which is one of the half-dozen referred to, but not printed in

LOUTH.

146

D'Alton and O'Flanagan's " History of Dundalk " — (statistical
-account, p. 291). Expanding the contractions, it roads as follows ' : —

P.M.S- [= Pise Memorise Sacrum. ]

Prope jacet
Susanna Uxor Radulphi Lambert,
S.T.P. [Sacra) Theologize Professor] Hujus Ecclesiae Yicarij.
Ornata fuit Pietate sine Fttco, Sincere
Charitate sine Fastu Munifica
Ingenio comi et vivaci et Animo in
Vtrumque sortem constant! : Mater solers
& ten era ; Yicina Benefica \ ^ ^
Uxor Fidel is Placens Blanda & omnibus
Modis Offieiis Charissima. Ad Ccelum

Redi it (maximum sui Relinquens
Desiderium) in Festo Saneti Pauli Anno
Christ! 1707, Nata Annos XL. Hoc
Exiguum Amoris Indelibilis
i\ 1 o n u m e n t u m M ce s t issim u s
Posuit Maritus.

Translation.

Sacred to her beloved memory. Near this lies Susanna,
wife of Ralph Lambert, Doctor of Divinity, Vicar of this
church. She was adorned with unaffected piety, with
genuine and unstinted charity, with a pleasing and
cheerful disposition, and with a mind constant under
all circumstances. As a mother she was careful and
tender, as a neighbour kind, as a wife faithful, pleasing,
affable, and beloved for countless acts of kindness.
Leaving behind her a sense of deep regret, she returned
to Heaven on the Feast of St. Paul [25tb January], in
the year of Christ, 1707, aged 40 years. Her sorrowing
husband erected this slight monument of his abiding
love.

'This monument, which is very quaint in appearance, bears a
coat-of-arms. Some years ago it was painted in various colours.'

'Ralph Lambert was son of Mr. George Lambert "of the
County Louth." He became, a Scholar of T.C.D. in 1683, B.A.
(apparently twice) in 1686, and B.D. and D.D. in 1701.

1 He was appointed to the Rectory of Kilkeel, Sec. (Down), 1701,
and on 7th May, 170§, to the Precentorship of Down, and in the
same year to the Rectory of Killallon, and to Kilskeery in Meath.
He was collated in June, 1706, to the Vicarage of Dundalk, with
five adjacent parishes, apparently by exchange for his Precentor-
ship. He held it, however, only three years; and while there, his

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LOUTH.

wife died, as this monument records. Id the year niter (1708) he
was made chaplain to Earl .Wharton, Lord Lieutenant ; and in the
following year he resigned Dundalk, &c'., and was presented by the
Crown to the Deanery of Down. He was thence advanced to the
Bishopric of Drompre in 1717, though he had been censured by
Convocation for a letter published by him. See Cotton's " Fasti,"
vol. hi. Thence in 172G he was translated to Meath. He died-
6th February, 1731, and was buried in St. Michan's, Dublin.

' He married a granddaughter and eventual heiress of John
Smyth, eldest son of William Smyth, of Rossdale Abbey, County
York, who settled at Dundrum, Comity Down, and was ancestor of
the Viscounts Gort ; and she was presumably the subject of this
Dundalk inscription. See Chalmers's "Biog. Brit." '

THE MOBTIMEB BEADY AND THE BELLEW-NUGENT

SLABS.

' Lying in the eastern portion, of the burial-ground is a very
large slab, bearing an English inscription in Roman capitals round
the edge in a double (and at one end a treble) line. The inscrip-
tion appears on the opposite page. It was given on p. 449, vol. i.
of The Journal, but therein contains a few misprints or errors.

1 In its present condition the wife's surname is practically

illegible, and the ,l G " in the date of the year resembles a " 5,V
owing to a chip in the stone.

[From Lord "Walter FitzGerald.]
The Mortimer -Beads Slab, 1634.

The Chipped Portion of the Inscription ox the Mortimer Slab.

LOUTH.

148

1 The centre of the slab is occupied by a double coat-of-arins,
surrounded by ornamental designs ; but the whole device is so worn
that it is barely traceable.

TliP: M0RTI3tEfi axu Bk»i>y Coats- of- Ab lis imp.vl.ed.

' In the dexter half of the shield are the Mortimer arms (or
what was intended for them), viz. : —

1 11 Barry of six, or an azure, on a chief of the first two pallets
between two base esquierres of the second, over all an inescutcheon
argent."

* The sinister half of the shield contains the Brady coat, viz. : —

* u Argent, a dexter arm couped below the elbow in pale, erect
vested gules, the hand epaumee proper, in chief a mullet sable.'*

'In Ulster's Oilice there is the following Funeral Entry in con-
nection with the two individuals named on this slab ' : —

John Mortymcr of Dundalke, Gent., sonne of Edmonde Mortimer of the
same, Gent., departed this mortal! life at Drogheda the scare nth of May 1634,
and was interred at Dundalke aforesaid in St. Nicholas Church. The defunct
tooke to wife Jen daughter of Thomas Brady of Drogheda, Gent., by irhome hee

149

LOUTH.

had issue 12 children, vidz. : — Patrick, Christopher, Richard, Anne, Elizabeth,
Katherine, /Jury, Margaret, & Ellen, & the other three died young.

The trueih of the premisses is testified by the subscription of the raid Jen
the Relict of the said John, whoe hath returned this certrficat to be recorded
in the Office of Ulvester King of Amies. Taken this l&th of September 1636.

' There are two discrepancies in the Funeral Entry — (1) it gives
the wife's Christian name as u Jen " ; on the stone it is .Ikxnt [tic] ;
(2) it gives the date of John Mortimer's death as " the seaventh
of May," whereas the tombstone states he died on the 8th of that
month.'

Tup: Bellew-Nugent Slab, 1588.

' Close to the Mortimer Blah lies another slab, also with an
English inscription in two lines running along the edges. It reads
thus ' :—

3H1 ■ AS • 8851 • 3NAI ■ ¥3 ■ AVO - HJLHAOi ■ 3H1 - 0310383 g

ssiNA • wma ■ mi ■ mi ■ hjim - sih • inbban^

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^ THE ' GHARDG ' OF tThe remainder is quite worn away.]

1 The name of the husband is quite worn away ; but, fortunately,
it is preserved in Isaac Butler's Manuscripts, now in the Armagh
Library, which were written circa 1744. and therein it is given as

SIB * IpHN * BELLEW * KNIGHT * (ri<(< JOURNAL, p. -149. Vol i ).

1 The centre of the slab is unsculptured.

'In connection with Sir John Bellew and Ismay Nugent his
wife, there are two mural slabs bearing their coats-of-arms and
inscriptions. One is on the bridge at Ballinacor in the County
Westmeath, dated 1584, foe an illustration of which see " The
County Louth Arcba-olugical Journal," volume i, number 2, p. 24 ;

LOUTH.

150

and the other is at Duleek Abbey, County Meath, dated 1587, an
illustration of which appears in our Journal, vol. iii, p. 323.

1 The above-named Sir John Bellew (or BedJow, as the name
also appears in old documents) was of Bellewetown, the Roche, and
Castletown, near Dandalk. The latter two places are in the County
Louth, and the former near Duleek in the County ftleatb. His
parents were Sir John Bellew, Kt., and Margaret, daughter of
Sir John Plunkett, of Beaulien, in the County Louth.

' According to a pedigree in Ulster's Office, Sir John of the slab
was married three times —

•1. To Margaret Plunkett, daughter of Oliver, 1st Baron of

Louth.
■ 2. To Janet Sarsfield.
' 3. To Ismay Nugent.

4 These wives appear to be given in the wrong order — that is,
if this Janet Sarsfield'1' was the daughter of John, second son of
Roger Sarsfield, of Sarsfieldstown, in the County Meath, as she
died on the 22nd of February, 1597, according to a mural slab now
in the ruins of Moor Church, County Meath (see Journal, vol. iii,
p. 325) ; and the order I would place them in is —

1 1. Margaret Plunkett.

i 2. Ismay Nugent, who was Sir John's wife as early as 1571

(Elizabeth Fiant, No. 1.852).
1 3. Jauet Sarsfield, died 1597.

'Sir John's Will, dated 30th October, 1598, is quoted in a
County Louth Chancery Inquisition (No. 6 of James I, taken in
1614), in which, referring to certain lands, he states that they " are
conveyed to the use of myself and my wife Dame Jennett Sarsfield
during both our lives and to the overliver of us. . . . and for as
much as the said Sarsfield is nowe dead and can take no benefitt by
the assurance," See. Referring to another disposal of lands, he

* Janet Sarsfield appears to have had six husbands: —

1. Robert Shillingford, Alderman of Dublin.

2. James, son of Sir Thomas Luttrell, of Luttrellstown, County Dublin, v%ho

died in 1557.

3. Robert Plunkett, 5th F.aron of Dansany, died in 1"59.

4. Sir Thomas Cusack, Kt., of Lisnmilen, County Meath, died in 1574.

5. Sir John Plunkett, Chief Justice, of Duusoghiy, County Dublin, died in

1582.

6. Sir John Bellew, Kt., of Bellewst^vn, County Meath, died in 1G0O.

She was a sister of Sir William Sarsfield, Kt., of Lucan, County Dublin, and
of Tully, County KiMare, ancestor of Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan.

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MAYO.

states it is to "begin after my death and the death of Dame Ismay
Nugent, my late wife," &c. ; but, as no dates are mentioned, it
cannot be ascertained up to what period Ismay Nugent was alive.

' In a later Will, preserved in the Dublin Eecord Oftice, dated
14th June, 1599, he directs that "If 1 be buryed in Duleke, I will
that my well-beloved wyfe Ismay Nugent shalbe removed thither
at my chardg ; " this leaves the. place of his interment doubtful ;
and if his wife Ismay wTas removed to Duleek from St. Nicholas's,
Dundalk, this might account for the dates of their deaths not being
cut on the slab.

4 As far as I have been able to ascertain, the only clue to the
date of Sir John's death lies in his last Will. He added a codicil to
it on the 14th April, 1G00, and it was proved on the 30th of the
same month, so that he died during the second fortnight of April,

Halliiirolic Cliurefi j arcl.

[Kindly copied for The Journal by Miss P. Knox.]

Here Lyeth Intend )e Rem-
ains of Mrs Elizabeth Browne •
Wife of Dodwell Browne of
Rabins Eqr Eldest Daughter
of the late James Cuffe of B-robe
Esqr She Departed this life ye
13 of March 1777 in the 44Ul
year of her age much lament*4

by all who knew her but
by none more than her Afflic-
ted Husband, she was an Affe-
ctionate wife, a tender Mother
a sincere Friend. Here Also
Lyeth Intern! the Remains of their
Beloved Daughter Elizabeth who ^

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COUNTY MAYO.

MAYO.

152

Sacred
To the memory
of

The Right Honr James Cuff
Lord Baron Tyrawly
One of his Majestys
Most Hour Privy Counsil
Late Barrackmaster Gen1
of
Ireland

Who died on the 15th June 1821
Aged years

[' James Cuff was created Baron Tyrawley of Ballinrobe on the
7th November, 1793 ; on his death without legitimate issue the
title became extinct. He was tiie son of James Cuff, of Elm Hall,
County Mayo, by his wife Elizabeth Gore, sister of Arthur, Earl of
Arran.']

Sacred
To the memory
of

The Right Honr
Sarah Baroness Tyrawly
Who died on the 4th October 1820
Aged years

['This lady is not mentioned in Burke's "Extinct Peerages"
(1866 edition) ; Lord Tyrawley's first wife, Mary Levinge, died
without issue in 180S.']

Here Lyeth the Body of Henry Cufl
Who Departed this life on the 25th
Day of August 1811 Aged more than 20 years
This stone is here placed as
A mark of loving Respect by his most
Afflicted and Affectionate Father
James Cuff Baron of Tyrawly

Sacred
To the memory
of

James Cuff
Custos Rotulorum and
Governor of the County

of Mayo
And Colonel of the North
Mayo Regiment of Militia
Who died July 1S28.
Aged 51 years

153

MEATS.

Cro&sboy ne Cii u rcli .

[From Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms.]

' The two epitaphs given below were copied by Lord Oranmore
from tombstones in the chancel of Oossboyne Church ' : —
In a vault underneath
lie the remains of
Jeffrey Browne
of Castlem'Garrett, Esq' -
who died March 12th a.d. 1755
Aged 91
In duty and gratitude
to who.se memory
this Memorial was
Erected by his dutifull son
Dominick Browne.

In a Vault under this place
lie the remains of
Henrietta Browne
the much beloved Wife of

Dominick Browne
of CastlemcGarrett, Esqr-
and daughter of
Sir Henry Lynch
of Castlecarra, Bar'-
She died August 8th 1755
Aged 24
Greatly lamented by all who
had the pleasure of
her acquaintance

COUNTY MEATH.

ICiluiore CInu*cIi.Yurcl.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

'This churchyard lies between four and five miles to the north
of Kilcock ; a small disused Protestant church stands in the middle
of it. Into the outside of the south wall is built a very small stone
bearing the following inscription ' : —

HKRE LYETH YE
INGENIOUS IOHN
o'hara WHO

DVD A.D. 171G

HEATH.

154

'Fragments of well-carved ogee-headed windows lie about in
the burial-ground. \Yith the exception of one sixteenth-century
slab, the tombstones do not appear to be of much interest ; but I
had not time to examine them, nor to find out if the little church
contains any monuments, as it was locked up and all the windows
closed with shutters.

' The single exception (montioned above) is a slab which, in my
opinion, is unique ; it is dated 1575 ; down the centre is the outline
of a plain cross bearing a small figure of our Lord crucified at the
upper end ; the date in Arabic numerals, 1575, is carved under the
left arm of the cross ; an inscription in several lines covers the
remainder of the slab ; on the left side and lower end of the slab it
is in Latin, and the rest is in Irish. The whole inscription is in
relief, the Latin portion in broad capitals and the Irish portion in
neatly cut Celtic letters with rounded limbs ; it is in a very fair
state of preservation, though covered with lichen. The Latin
inscription reads ' : —

N EMINEM CONTEISTAKI MORTE I)
EBEPcE CVM SIT IN VI YEN DO LABOE
ET PERICVLVM IN MORIENDO PAX ET
RESVRGENDI SECVRITAS. ORATE PRO ANIMA
RVGEPJI] MAC M
AHVNA QVI ME EE.

' Translation ' * : —

No one ought to be grieved at [i.e. rendered sad by] death,
since in living there is labour and danger, while in dying there is
peace aud the assurance of resurrection. Pray for the soul of Rory
MacMahon who made me.

•'The Irish inscription fortunately is legible; it has be^u
deciphered and translated through the combined eilbrts of Father
Patrick S. Dinneen, and Mr. M. J. M'Enery, of the Dublin Record
Office, to both of whom I return my best thanks for the time and
trouble they took in adding this valuable information to the
Journal.

' The inscription ' : —

dp bhpa^h Oe o ^ach Omne tei^hpeap po -| [cm^peap]

o in 5UTiia ^lppaioe pianra pup^aoopa *| 50

mo luachioe tpocaipe m -\5h1apna ^uibhe na 5c

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1 Or in English letters ' —

1 Translation ' : —

(rod expects from -.-very one who reads this, and under-
stands that the pains of purgatory are the shorter and
tiie lnetcy of Clod the more speedy for the prayers of
Christians, to offer a prayer of charity for the Soul of
him who wrote this, and for whom it was written,
namely llory bui MacMahon.

' Of Rory li bui " (or the yellow-haired) MacMahon nothing is
now known ; lie was not a native of this southern part of the
county Meath, as the territory of the MacMahons lay in the district
of Farney in the county Monaghan.

' Xi-ie measurements of this limestone slab are : — In length.
5 feet vS inches ; in breadth, at the top, 2 feet 2 inches, at the
foot, 1 tout 0 inches ; in thickness, 4 inches.

'In the Latin portion of the inscription, the Christian name
41 Jiuger " should be in the genitive, possibly the missing " I :' is
worn away; as to the surname " MacMahuna," Mr. M'Enery
informs me that the final " A " is the Irish genitive form strangely
introduced into the Latin.

' LeWjis in his "Topographical Dictionary . of Ireland " (1837),
under Kilniore, states that this slab was discovered by the then
n tlovt I)r. Tighe Gregory.'

Ilutlimore.

[From Mr, Peirce G. Mahony, m.rje.a.]

' In church ' : —

MEATH.

156

4 In churchyard ' : —

In Memory | of | Minnie Mullen j And Her Parents |
Also Her Brother John.

Erected by WillUi | Laracy in mem11' | of his broth1
John | Laracy who died j August ye 1st 1777 | Aged
40 years.

Erected by

The Very Rev. Dr. Sheridan, o.s.b. Dean v.g.
Sydney, N. S.W. Australia
In Memory of His Beloved Father
Philip Shekidan late of Martinstown
Who died 20th June 18-37 Aged 76 years
And of His Beloved Mother Catherine Sheridan
Who died 3rd June a.d. 1852 Aged 72 years
Sacred Heart of Jesus have Mercy on Them
Immaculate Heart of Marv Pray for Them
R. I. P. *

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THE LESLIE MONUMENT IN THE CHURCH AT
GLASLOUGH, CO. MONAGHAN.

[From Shirley1* " History of' Monaghan" 1870.]

157

MONAGHAN.

COUNTY MONAGHAN.

•€rlasloii£-fi, I»ari*It of Iftoiiagrb*

[From Peirce G. Mahony, m.r.i.a.]

1 Tlie following inscription (page 296) and illustration (page
145) have been taken from Shirley's "History of the County of
Monaghan " : —

4 The translation has been kindly supplied by Mr. G. D.
Burtehael], m.e.i.A. '

i The Cliurch of Glaslough is dedicated to St. Saviour, or
St. Salvator. On a small stone on the south side is this inscrip-
tion ' : —

1670

AND REBV

1LT in 1763.

4 It is a small, substantial building ; a large and handsome
•chancel was added by Sir John Leslie, Baronet, in the year 1874,
beneath which is the vault of the Leslie family. The following
curious inscription was half buried in the earth till raised in
October, LS46; it is now preserved on the exterior north wall of
the church ' : —

REVEREND VS . AD3IODV3I . IOHA

NNES . LESLAEVS . SACRO . SANCT

2E . THEOLOGIAE . DOCTOR . VT .

ET . VTRIVSQVE . IVRIS . QVI . TRIBVS

REGD3VS

A . SECRETIORIBVS . CONSILIIS . TR
IBVS . IN . REGNIS . ET . OLIM . SODO
RENSIS . DEIN . RAPOTEN3IS (QVA
M . DIOECESIN . ANNVO . CENSV . D
VPLO . AVCTIORE3I . ET . CASTRO . D
ECORO . PROPR1IS . SVMPTIBVS . EXTR
VCTO . ORNATIOREM . R ELI QVI T .) ET .
DEMVM . CLOGHOREXSIS . EPISCOPVS .
MENSE . SEPTE2.IBRI . DIE 8 ANNO . 1
671 . CENTENAEIYS . DEN ATA* S . EST .
HIC . IACET . VNACVM . VXORE . CAT
HARINA . CONINCHAM . QV.E . MEN
SI IANVARTO . DIE . 28VJ E . VIVIS . EX
CESSIT . ANNO . SALVTIS . NOSTR
JE . 1693 . AETATIS . SV-E . 73.

MONaGHAN.

158

1 Translation ' : —

'The Very itev. John Leslie, Dr. of Divinity as also of Law, who
was of Privy Council to three Kings in three reigns, and formerly
Bishop of Sodor, then of Baphoe (which diocese he left increased
with double the annual income and adorned with a fair castle, built
at his own expense), and at length Bishop of Clogher, died, aged a
hundred, 8th September 1871. He lies here together with his
wife Catherine Coningham, who deported from among the living
the 28th January in the year of our Salvation 1693 and the 73rd
of her a^e.'

[From Peirce G. Mahony, m.e.i.a.]

'In the "History of the County of Monaghan," by E. P.
Shirley, f.s.a.. m.r.i.a., at page 310, the following account and
inscriptions are given; also the illustration here reproduced.

' The ancient church at Monaghan was the burial-place of the
noble family of Blayney until the erection of the chapel at Castle
Blayney about 1690. " •

' On page 212 it is stated that Sir Edward Blayney died on the
11th of February, 1629-30. He was buried on the" 23rd in the
church of Monaghan, "with scuchions only, wtbout silk workes or
herauld's attendance, b}* reasone the officers of armes were busied
at the same time about the Countesse of Corke's funerall (Catherine,
daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, who died the 16th of February.
1629-30, and was buried at St, Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, the
next day. Her public funeral was on the 11th of March follow-
ing)." The following is the record of his funeral, from the
original in the Office of Arms in Dublin : —

" Souldiers wth pikes and coloures trayled,
The poo re 2 and 2.
Servantes to gentlemen that mourne.

Mr. James Moore's servantes.
The younge Lo : Blayney's servants
The Defunctcs servantes.
The Defimctes two pages.
Steward and Coptroller wth staves.
The Preacher.

Mr. Edward Blavnev.

Mr. Thomas Blayney
the younger.

Mr. Ambrose Blayney.
Mr. Richard Blayney.

The younge Lord Blayney, alone.
(sic) litle Mr. Edward Blayney, and Mr. James.
Mr. Arthur Blayney and Thomas Blayney.
Two Groomes.
Souldiers againe as before."

("Funeral Entries," Ulster Office, vol. v, p. 165.)

159

MONAGHAN.

' Edward, Lord Blayney, was succeeded by Henry his eldest son,
the second lord, who had been knighted in his father's lifetime, and
took his seat in the House of Peers, 14th July, 1634. It was this
lord who, at the surprisal of his house at Castle Blayney by the
Irish rebels on the 28rd of October, 1G41, brought the news of that
outbreak to Dublin. He kept the little fort of Monaghan with
the 97th Foot until the fatal Battle of Benburb, in the County of
Tyrone, in which he lost his life at the head of his men, fighting
against O'Neill, 5th of June, 164G, and was buried at Monaghan.
Dying in battle in troublous times, there is no account of his
funeral In Ulsters office: but the following entry on the death of
his widow Jane, Lady Blayney, who survived till the year 1G8G, is
not without interest: —

1 " The Right Honourable Jane, Lady Blayney (Daughter of
Garrat, Ld Moore, Vis1 of Drogheda, and of Mary his wife, daughter
of St. Henry Coley of the County of Kildare, Knt) departed this
mortall life, at her lodgings on the Merchants Key, Dublin, the
twenty-second day of October, 1686, and was interred ye twenty-
sixth of the same month, in St. Michans Church in Oxmantowne.
She was married to the Right Honble. Henry Ld. Blayney, Baron
of Monaghan, son of Edward Ld Blayney and of Ann his wife,
daughter of Adam Loftus Ld Archbishop of Dublin, and sometime
Ld Chancellor of Ireland, which Edward Ld Blayney wTas son of
John Blayney of Tregonog in Montgomeryshire. By which Henry
Ld Blayney, Husband of the Defunct had issue six sonnes and six.
daughters, viz., Edward Ld Blayney eldest son, dyed unmarryed,
and buried in St. Martin's Church, London. Charles second son,
dyed young and buried in the Church of Monaghan. Richard, Lord
Blayney, third son, who took to his first wife Elizabeth daughter
of (John) Mallock, of Devonshire, and relict of (Hugh) Willoughby,
by whom he had no issue. He took to his second wife Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Vincent, of London, Alderman, by whome he
has had issue five sons and four daughters, viz. : — Vincent eldest
son, dyed young and buried in London. Henry, now Ld. Blayney
second son, Captain of a Troop of Horse in Ireland. Edward,
third, and Thomas, fourth son, both dyed young, and buried in
Monaghan; and William fifth son now Capn. of a foot company in
Ireland. Jane, eldest daughter maryed to Blayney Owens, gent,
Sarah, second daughter maryed Capn Morris Annesly, son of
John Annesly, of Ballyshannon, Esq., who is brother to the
Rt. Honblr the Earle of Anglesey. Elizabeth, third daughter is
unmaryed. Johanna Maria, fourth daughter dyed young and
buried in Monaghan. The said Richard Lord Blayney third son
of the defunct was buried in St Michans Church Dublin ; Arthur
fourth son of the defunct dyed unmaryed and buried in Castle
Blayney; Garratt, fifth son dyed at the Hague, unmaryed, and

MONAGHAN.

160

John, sixth son dyed at the West-Indyes, unmaryed. Thomasin,
eldest daughter of the defunct, maryed to Joseph Fox of Graige, iu
com : Tipperary, gent : by whome she had issue five children that
dyed in their infancy and five now living." " Penelope second
daughter maryed to Hugh Morgan of Cottlestowne in Com : Sligo, •
gent : son of Capt Morgan and of Bridget his wife, daughter of
Robert Blayney of Tregonog aforesd : who was nephew to the first
Edward Lord Blayney : By which Hugh Morgan the said Penelope
had issue two children that dyed young and two now living-."
" The said Thomasin, eldest daughter of the defunct, was first
maryed to Thomas Sandford, of Cantwellscourt in Com : Kilkenny,
Esq., by whome she had issue ten children." " Mary, third
daughter of the defunct, first maryed to Capt Henry Moreton of
Newtowne in the Coim : of Meath, by whome she had no issue, she
was secondly maryed to Charles Meredith, Esq., eldest son of
St Thomas Meredith, Knt., and of Lettice his wife daughter of
St. Faith full Fortescue Knt and of Anne, his wife daughtr. of the
aforesd Ld Yisct Drogheda, by which Charles the sd Mary has had
issue, Henry now living, and another that dyed young. The said
Mary, third daughter of the defunct, lyes interred in the Church of
Kells. Penelope, fourth daughter of the defunct, dyed young, and
was buried in St. Peter's Church in Drogheda. Sarah, fifth
daughter yet unmaryed, and Jane sixth daughter maryed to
Colo11 John Georges of Somerfeat in the coim : of Londonderry by
whome she has had issue one son Henry unmaryed and one
Daughter Elizabeth, maryed to Captain Frederick Hamilton.

' " The trueth of the Premisses is testified by the subscription of
the Rt Honourable Henry now Ld Blayney, Baron of Monaghan
(herein before menconed) grandson of the defunct, who hath
returned this certificate to he recorded in the office of Sir Piichard
Carney, Knt., Ulster King of Arms, this twenty-eight day of Decem-
ber, Anno Domini, one thousand six hundred and eighty six."
(" Funeral Entries," vol. xiv. p. 127.)

' It appears by the above funeral certificate that there had been
great mortality in the Blayney family. A chart pedigree is given
on page 2-AS.

' Here also, no doubt, and in the surrounding cemetery, which
was extended beyond its present bounds towards the site of the old
gaol, were laid the remains of the early English settlers; but if
there were any inscriptions, they are no longer extant, with the
exception of the very interesting tombstone to the memory of
Oliver Ancketiil, Esq., discovered on laying the foundation of the
present church.

' The present church of Monaghan is a large building of debased
Gothic with a tolerable spire, a small chancel and no centre aisle.
1 The illustration here reproduced has been taken from one

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MONAGHAN.

given on page 155 of the " History of Monaghan," and the follow-
ing account of the family is given (see page 151). The inscription
has been already given in vol. ii, page 535, of our Journal, but no
illustration has appeared.'

ANCKETILL FAMILY.

Of the great antiquity of this family there is no doubt — the
name, indeed, is to be found in Domesday, and was common in
many parts of England previous to the beginning of the fourteenth
century, from which period it appears to have been confined to
Dorset. The pedigrees can bo traced with great probability to
Ralph Ancketel of that county in the time of Henry III, and with
certainty to William Ancketel. Burgess for. Shaftesbury, in 130G.
Ancketill's Place, near St. James's Church, in Shaftesbury, was the
ancient seat of this venerable family, of whom Leland in his
"Itinerary" thus speaks: — " Anketilles dwellid hard by Shaftes-
byri under the Hille, they posese it yet." About the year 1619 it
was sold by the then head of the family, Christopher Anketill, Esq.
(See chart pedigree on page 158.) His descendants were of East
Aimer and Stour Provost, in the same county, till the extinction of
the elder male line in 1733. The Irish branch, now the represen-
tatives of this ancient house, is descended from William, second
son of Christopher Ancketill, Esq., whose son and heir, Oliver,
emigrated to Ireland. As early as the twelfth of Charles I (1636-7)
John Ancketell, of Newmarket, in the County of Cork, received a
grant of estates in the Counties of Cork and Kerry. He was also
of Mallow, in Cork, and was a cousin of Oliver, the founder of the
present family in Ireland, and is said to have founded " Anketill's
Grove." That he was of Anketill Grove is indeed certain, as
appears by the curious inscription on his tombstone, discovered
some years since on the building of the present church at
Monaghan, and it is also plain by the " Books of Survey and Dis-
tribution " in the Record Office in Dublin, that in 1610 the lands
which since constituted the Ancketill estate, about seventy town-
lands, were then in the possession of Garret Rooney, Patrick Barn-
well, Hugh macSbane, Gill macMahon, Shane macTrenor, and
various members of the MacKenna tribe and family ; and that in
the 19th of Charles II (1667) 3,381 acres, 3 roods, and 13 perches
were granted to Mathew Ancketill. Esq., the son of Oliver Ancketill,
who appears to have obtained possession of these estates, pro-
bably by purchase (for he does not seem to have fought under the
banner of Cromwell) during the usurpation, and probably built and
planted on the lands of '« Derrynashaliog " the Qak-uood of Hunting,
since called " Ancketill Grove." That there was a gentleman's

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house here before that period is ascertained by the following
"Funeral Entry"

" James de la Field, of Derrynashalog, in the County of
Monaghane, pent only sonne and heir of Bobert de la Field of
Knockbuoy (Knockboy, in the parish of Tehallan) in the said
county gent. : descended of the House of de la Field of Painstowne in
the County of Meath. The said James took to wife Mary daughter
of Art-oge O'Xeaie of in the county of Tyrone gent ;

by whom he had noe issue. The said James departed this mortall
life at Derrynashallog aforesaid about the 10th of February 1638,
and was interred in the parish church of Tyalla (i.e. Tehallan.
An 'Inq.' p.m. says he died on the 14th of February 1638) in
the said County of Monaghane. The truth of the premisses is
testified by the subscription of Symon de la Field of Painstowne
aforesaid gent : Executor of the said Defunct, who hath returned
this certificate into my Office to be there recorded. Taken by me
Thomas Preston. Esq, Ulvester King of Arms, the 13th of August
1G39."

Now it appear' by two Inquisitions, post mortem, held at
Monaghan, on the 23rd of March, 1038, and the 25th March, 1G10,
that Mr. James de la Field's wife, Mary Neale, had been the widow
of Toole MacKenna. and was the mother of Shane macToole Mac-
Kenna, in whose right she claimed certain lands, and that after her
second husband De la Field's death, viz., in August, 1G39, she
married one Brian O'Xeaie. This explains the connection between
the MacKennas, the original owners of the Lower Trough, and Mr,
James de la Field, by whose Will a part of the property was con-
veyed for life to Garret Eooney, whose name appears as proprietor
in 1040,

This Will is recited in the Chancery Inquisitions of this county,
and is dated the 20th of December, 1688 (preserved in the Eecord
Office in Dublin), and by it he desired to be buried in the church
of Tehallan, and wills that his executor (Simon de la Field) shall
within two years build and annex a chapel to the said church,
twenty feet in length and sixteen feet in breadth, into which chapel
lie would have his corpse, and corpses of his father and mother
buried in the said church, to be removed and laid together, as near
as' conveniently may be, if the ordinary of the diocese will freely
give leave to the building of the same.

By this Will also we hud that Garret Rooney was appointed
receiver of the rents during the minority of Christopher De la Field,
to whom the principal estate was bequeathed, with remainder to
his elder brother William, cousin and heir at law to the testator.
£20 per annum was allotted for the maintenance of the minor.
Mr. Nicholas Simpson and Mr. Henry Manning were appointed
overseers.

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MOXAGHAN.

Marsha^ in "The Genealogist's Guide" gives the following
reference? : —

" Anketell, or Anketill. Pedigree of the Anketell Family [by
Eev. H. Anketell, Vicar of Seagry, circa 1888]. Broadside. Memoir
of the Family of Anketell (1885, 8vo.) Burke's Commoners, iv. 529.
Landed. Gentry. 2. 8, 4, o, 6, 7, 8, editions. Hutching* Dorset,
iii. 62 ; iv. 513 A. Stemmata Britannica, by Joseph Foster (London,
1877. Svo), 32. Harleian Society, xv. 21 ; xx. 6. The Genealo-
gist, New Series, ii. 220. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica,
Second Series, ii. l'GT."*

[From Feiree G. Mahony, m.r.t.a.]

4 On the west end. South gallery ' : —

In memory of Gaptu. Thos. Montgomery r.n. 2nd son
of Rev. Robt. Montgomery of Ballyleck & Beaulieu
whose nionument is in this Church. He was treasurer
lor above 39 years, lie died in Dublin on the 28th of
April I860 in his b-ith year & was buried at Harold's
Cross.

In memory also of his wife Judith Susannah daughter
of Robt. Montgomery of Brandrim near this and of
Convoy House Co. Donegal Esquire. She died on 22nd
of May following. The family from which they were
descended Montgomery of Ballyleck represented the Co.
of Monaghan in Parliament for several generations.

' The grandfather of Captain Thomas Montgomery, Alexander
Montgomery, of Ballyleck, represented the County of Monaghan n
Parliament with untleviating integrity for forty years. He died in
August, 17^5, and was buried in the family vault at Kilmore
Church.'

4 On tablets on the walls are inscriptions to the following
clergymen, formerly rectors of the parish ' : —

Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Robert Montgomery
of lu aulitu in the County of Louth, and Rector of this
parish for upwards of 80 years. He died on the 24th
of July 1S25, aged 72. strictly pious, gentle, meek,
benevolent, & most ehariable. " These truly Christian
virtues {which lie strongly enforced both by precept &
examnlr) >ain. a him the love & veneration of all Ms
parish iom rs, who wilJ long deplore the loss of such a
pastor, guide & friend. His severely afflicted children
erecteil this monument as a small* tribute of love in-
gratitude to the best of fathers.

MONAGHAN.

Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Charles Evatfc, 13
years Curate, and 14 years Hector of the parish of
Monaghan. He died April 18th 1810, aged 51, His
mortal remains lie on the south side of this church,
which he had the gratification to see raised to Gods
glory during his incumbency. In the relations of life,
he was benevolent' kind & generous, & highly service-
able to this Town & neighbourhood by his active zeal
in establishing many of our public Institutions. The
pupils & teachers of the Sunday school in connection
with the church, aided by the Christian public of all
denominations, have erected this tablet as a grateful
testimony of their affectionate regard A.D. 18-11.

I-n remembrance of the Rev. Win. Lennard-Roper, for
nine years Rector of this Parish. This Monument is
erected by the members of his flock and other friends
to whom he was justly endeared. To feed the sheep to
feed the lambs committed to his care was his first care
& highest aim. In hope awaiting the great day when
the chief shepherd shall again appear. He was taken to
his rest August 13th 1819, aged 48 years.

'To the family of Westenra, Barons Rossmore, of Rossmore
Park, in this parish, there are the following inscriptions. Their
vault is in the churchyard adjoining' : —

Near this spot lie the mortal remains of Mary- Anne
Baroness Rossmore daughter of Charles Walsh Esqr., of
Walsh Park, in the County of Tinperary. ob. 11th
August 1807.

To the memory of Augusta, Third Baroness Rossmore
& Sister of the present Earl of Wemyss and March,
ob. July 29, 1840.

In memory of The Honbl° Charles Westenra IV son of
Baron Rossmore late Lieutenant and Adjutant of the
VIII King's Royal Irish Hussars, ob. xxiii January
MDCCCXXIV.

Sacred to the cherished remembrance of Anna the
lamented wife of Henry Westenra Esq. of Camla,
Monaghan, & youngest daughter of the late Isaac Corry
Senr. Esq of Newry. ob. 8th January 1831.

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MONAGHAX.

Sacred to the memory of Major The Honorable Richard
Westenra of Ballyleck House in the County of
Monaghan, who departed this life, on the 7th day of
June 1838. By which his family were deprived of a
beloved Relative, Society of an active Sc valuable
member, and the Poor man of a steady and considerate
Friend.

Sacred to the memory of Hester, the beloved wife of
Arthur Gambell Lewis, of the County of Monaghan,
Esfjr daughter of Richard Westenra of the City of
Dublin Esqr and Bridget, otherwise Warren his Wife.
She departed this life on the 2Gth February 1840, in the
49th year of her age.

4 To the family of Lucas, of Castle Shane in this parish, there

tablets thus inscribed ' : —

In memory of Charles Lucas, Esqre of Castle Shane in
this parish, deceased 15th December, 1796, and of
Sarah his Wife daughter of Sir James Hamilton of
Monaghan, Knight. Deceased 14th July 1788.

In memory of The Right Honourable Edward Lucas of
Castle Shane in the County of Monaghan. His life
was passed in endeavours to benefit his neighbourhood
and to promote the welfare of his country, beloved by
his Family and respected by all who knew him, he died
12th November, 1871, aged 84 years.

In memory of Charles Pierrepont Lucas 4th son of Egt.
Honble. Edward Lucas of Castle Shane, born 20th
Sept. 1826 died 7th Nov. 1877. In early life he was in
East India Co.'s service and was present at battles of
Mood Kee, Aiiwal, Sobraon, Ferozeshahur & Chilian
WTala, he also served in China, & was with the Turkish
contingent during the Crimean War. For all these
services he received medals.

In memory of Francis, eldest son of the Right Honour-
able E. Lucas, and formerly Lieutenant, in H.M. 46th
regiment,. Born at Castle Shane, 8th May, 1813; died
at Hamburg 21st April; !84ti.

And of his Brother, Fitzhei bert Dacre, formerly Captn.
in S. Tipperary Militia-, born nt Geneva, 31st Augt. 1823 ;
died at Lucknow 30th September, 1857. Repairing to

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Lucknow to offer his services on 30th May, and accepted
by General Sir II. Lawrence at noon, he was that
evening (when the mutiny broke out) and from thence-
forward engaged in active and dangerous service. Of
six officers appointed with him to the defence of
" Gubbins's Battery," three were shortly killed, and
three severely wounded. He survived unhurt until
September. 20th ; when at the clo.se of a successful
sortie, he received a fatal gunshot wound, his end was
that of a soldier and a Christian.

? South Gallery East End ' : —

In memory of Captain John Owen Lucas of H.M. 29th
Begt., Major of Brigade and late of Raconnell in this
neighbourhood, who was killed while in the act of
cheering on his men to the attack of the enemies
batteries at Ferozeshah, on the 22nd day of December,
1815. set. 85 years. This Monument is erected by the
Inhabitants of the County of Monaghan as a memorial
of esteem for their gallant countryman, as a tribute of
respect to his sorrowing family, and as an incentive to
the rising generation, to elicit as he has done, the
grateful remembrance of their country.

In affectionate Remembrance of Edward William Lucas
of Castle Shane in this County. He was born 18th of
December 1819, and died the 11th of August. 1871.
Sincerely regretted by all who knew him.

* On another tablet in the church ' : —

Sacred to the memory of Francis Burton Cole, Esq.
second son of the late Henry Cole, Esq. sometime
Brigade Major of this County, and of Jane Eliza,
daughter and coheiress of John Owen, late of luiconnell
in this County Esq. He was the beloved kinsman and
coheir of the late Francis Burton, Esq. (who was
sometime M.P. for the City of Oxford, Joint Justice
of Chester K.C. &c.) He was A.B. of Christ Church
Oxford, a member of Lincoln's Inn k about being called
to the Bar, when to the inexpressible grief of his fondly
attached family, lie was suddenly earned oh" by Fever.
He died at Slaughan Park, county Sussex *10th of
October 1833, aged 23.

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UONAGHAN.

1 Brass Plate ' : —

In memory of my beloved husband Devereux Walter
Hickman, Major 2nd in Command 34th Pioneers. Who
was killed in action on 3rd Jan. 1898 at Xikki Khel
Kyber Pass, aet : 40 yrs.

* There are also tablets to the memory of Samuel M 'Dowel, Esq.,
M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, hue
Surgeon of the County of Monaghan Infirmary, who died 2nd Feb-
ntaryj iSIij a-t. 77, and to E. Jackson, Esq., and Margaret, his
wife, who died in 1881. and also to Isabella, wife of John Wales,
Surgeon-. Belfast, and daughter of the Rev. S. Maffett, of Monaghan.
Sin- died 22nd November, 1887, an. 30 :— This was erected by the
inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Monaghan in com-
menir>i\ition of their many virtues, and also as a token of gratitude
for their munificent endowments to this Church and Parish.'

4 On the pulpit ' :—

Erected in memory of Margaret Kunn by her sorrowing
husband, Jeremiah Nunn, 1865.

1 In the ail joining churchyard are inscriptions to ' : —

.Tane Wilson, wife of the Rev. Thomas Maclaine, died
2 1 of August 1723

The Rev. Arthur Benson D.D., Rector ob. Oct. 28.
1771.

The Rev. Edward -Ryan, who departed on the 2d of
December, 1821, aged 51 years, erected by his faithful
relict Mary Ryan.

4 A large tomb in this churchyard was erected by Sir James
Hamilton for the use of his family, August 12th, 1790, but more
especially to commemorate that here are laid the remains of his
mother, Dorothy Hamilton, alias Smith, who was one of the best of
women.

t ' Then follow the dates of the deaths of many other members of
this family, ending with that of " Dacre Hamilton, of Cornacassa,
Esq., 13th June, 1883, a>t. 73."

* The cemetery belonging to this parish now generally used is
on the Glaslough Road, and was consecrated by His Grace "the Lord
Primate, Bishop of CTogher, on the 19th of September. 18Q0.

' On the 8th of September, 1874, a mausoleum beautifully
situated in a glen close to a waterfall, near the southern boundary

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of Rossmore Park, was consecrated by His Grace the Lord Primate,
Bishop of Clogher, and here now repose the remains of the follow-
ing members of the Westenra family, which were removed from
Monaghan : — The Hon. Mary Augusta Harriet Westenra, ob. 1851 ;
Hon. Anne Douglas Challoner Westenra, ob. 1851 ; Henry Robert,
Lord Rossmore, ob. 1860 ; Henry Cairns, Lord Rossmore, ob. 1871.

' Of the church plate the most interesting is a large alms-dish
of silver, inscribed " Parochiae de Monaghan Grishilda Echlin
legavit 1733."

1 On the silver flagon, chalice, and paten, " Ex Sacro Supellec-
tile Parochia1 de Monaghan, (dim R&cJcwallis.''

' There are also two chalices of silver, inscribed, m The Gift of
Baron Rossmore to the Protestant Parishioners of Monaghan."
Also two patens of silver bearing the Rossmore Arms, but no
inscription. Also two silver plates for alms, with the initials
R. M. J., standing for R[ichard and] Mfargaret] J[ackson], of
Monaghan. the latter of whom died in 1831.'

1 Brass plate in porch ' s —

The tenor bell in this tower has been erected to the
glory of God and in memory of Jeremiah Nunn Esq a
generous benefactor of the Church <k Parish who died
March 10th 1872.

1 Brass plate in porch ' : —

The clock in this tower has been erected by the Protes-
tant inhabitants of Monaghan &. neighbourhood to
commemorate the coronation of their Majesties King
Edward Y1I & Queen Alexandra & handed over to the
custody of the select vestry of this Parish A.J). 1902.

' West End, North Gallery '

To the Memory of Henry Craven Jesse Lloyd late
Lieut, of 47th Regt. & of the Natal son of Lieutenant
Col. Jesse Lloyd of Lallvleck in this county, who fell
fighting at Isandula South Africa on 22nd January 1$79
in 23rd year.

Kcllaiiorte Clmrcli, and Scotsf«wnbriUj;o,
Tethuiiet Ifai'isti.

[From the Rev. R. S. Mafletfc, b.a.]

'The Ordnance Survey MSS. iR.LA.) state that Scotstown
Bridge, crossing the Blackwater river, one hundred yards north of
the town, on the road leading to Tedavnet, was erected in the year

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1821, and that on the east parapet wall there is a stone which was
on that of the old bridge, which fell a few years before its successor
was built. TLe stone, we are further told, bears the following
inscription : —

The foundation stone of this bridge was laid by Henry
Owen Scott Esqre- on the 6th June 1791 John Mitchell
and John Hawkshaw Esq"3- Overseers. Samuel
Madden Mason.

« The word " Madden," it is added, has been erased.
1 The pedigree of " Owen, of Monaghandufie " (now New Grove),
given in " The History of the County Monaghan " by E. P. Shirley
(1879), shows the " Scott " intermarriages with this family. We
are aiso tokl that in the interior of the present church at Bellanode
(parish of Tedav&et) there is but one tablet, thus inscribed ' : —
In memory of John Owen Esqr. late of Newgrove &
Kaconnel, in this County, ob' 9th Jany 1805. Bt. 70.
Also Elizabeth his wife, ob' 25th July 1795. also of
Blarney Owen Esq1" their son, obu I. Jan. 1805. set.
20. This Tablet is erected by the daughters and sisters
of the above.

1 It may be of interest to mention with respect to the statement
at page [18] of the first instalment of the "Funeral Entries"
which are now being printed in the Journal,, viz., that Ross oge
mcr: Mahowne, son or Posse Bane mcc Mahone of Monnaghane durie,
was interred in 1638 in the Parish Church of " Sl- Daneing(?),"
that Mr. Shirley in his transcript of this certificate gives the word
thus — " Sc Dawnig (Tedavnet)." We find elsewhere in this work
the name of the parish spelled " Tedownet " and " Tedawnaclit/'
O'Donovan was unable to find a MacMahon tomb of which he was
in search in the old graveyard here.

' I wish to add that at the beginning of the note in connexion
with this parish on page 597, vol. vi, the words " Dr. O'Donovan ;'
should read " a member of the Ordnance Topographical Survey
staff."'

QUEEN'S COUNTY.

The llaugaiift Clmrcliyarrt. Paris?* of Ai <k»n.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerakl.]

' The Dansmns Churchyard is by some called " the Commons of
Xewchurch burial-ground," but for what reason is not explained, as
nothing in the shape of a church, new or old, exists there. The

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oldest lettered stone is dated 170-1 ; there are other slahs whose
inscriptions aie illegible, owing to their heing much sunk in the
ground and covered with a sod. The following inscriptions occur
in this burial-ground ; the first is on a small headstone ' : —

HERE LYETH
THE BODY OF
MARY STEWART
WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE THE . .
OF MAY (?) IN THE
YE ARE OF OUR LORD

1704

t On a box-tomb ' :■ —

Beneath this Tomb lietb interr'd
the Body of Valentine Knightly
Chetwood of Woodbrook, Esqr*
who departed this life the 30tb day of
May 1771 in the Sixty third of his age
Also the Remains of Jonathan Cope
Chetwood Esqr of \Yoodbrook who
departed this life on the 11th of May 1839
in the 82ad year of his age, Sincerely and
deeply regretted. Blessed are the
dead who died in the Lord.

[On another stone is recorded the death of Jonathan
Chetwood's wife— Mary Anne — who died on the loth of October,
1833, aged 72.]

1 The next two inscriptions are copied from box-tombs which
are in a disgraceful state, being dislodged from their foundations,
and now lying in a fractured state on the ground ; the inscriptions
on them read ' : —

Here are interred the Remains
of John Adnir of Rath Esqr, a Man
who secured by all social virtues
the wannest attachment of a numerous

acquaintance. He departed from
this Life July 14th 1S09 aged 76 years.

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queen's county.

Here lie the Remains of Elizabeth wife of
% ' George Adair of Bellegrove, Esqr
And daughter of the
Eevd- Tho8 Trench, Dean of Kildare
[then follow a few lines reciting her virtues]

She departed this Life, in giving Birth
to an only Child, in the 25th year of her Age,
on the 21st day of March 1828 (For 1828)

* When the Adairs settled at Bellegrove, near Ballybrittas in the
•Queen's County, they changed the name to Rathdair, though the
ancient name of the place was " Ballyfoboyle." The last of the
name to live in the house (which was burned to the ground a few
years ago, and never rebuilt) was the John Adair who many years
ago brought his name into prominence over his eviction of his
Donegal tenants in a place called Glenveagh, for which he was
hated till the day of his death/

itLi 1 1 eny Oi ureliyarcl.

[From Martin J. Blake, Esq.]

1 Inside the ruins of Killeny Church is an upright tombstone
with this inscription ' : —

Here lieth ye Body of James
Dunne of Kilediher* who Depd*
March ye 22, 1782 Aged
78 years.
Also his son James Dunne
Depd- July y6 3rd, 1782 Aged 23.
May they rest in peace. Amen.

'Outside the west wall of the church are two tombstone flags
lying flat with the following inscriptions ' —

Here lyeth the Body of
Frances Fitzgerald who departed
this life the Twenty Fourth day
of October 1817. Aged Gl years.

Here lieth ye Body of
Mary Fitzgerald
alias Stradford who depd
this life, 1753 Aged 30 years
Also her husband
Alexander Fitzgerald
Esq.

• Kilediher is pronounced " Killehe ."

queen's county. 172

In Shaeii Iturial round. Parish of Strahoe.

[From Martin J. Blake, Esq.]

James Kelly dep. ys ] life June 24 1773 | Aged 73 years.

Here lies the bo | dy of Margaret Murrin | who departed
this life | December 1781

Here lieth | of Edward Lutterell | who departed

this life | April 23 1770.

This Stone is erected | By Patrick Phelan j for his wife
Ann | Phelan alias Dempsey | depd August 24 1774

[Note. — Shaen lies to the north of the Heath of Maryborough.]

f .

fttraclbally, St. Pat rich's Church.

[From Lord Walter Fitz Gerald.]

' The Protestant church of Stradbally stands in the town, and is
surrounded by a burial-ground, also used by Roman Catholics,
though the latter more frequently use that of Oughaval, a short
distance to the south of Stradbally, which was founded by a
St. Colman, who was venerated on the loth of May.

' The church is comparatively modern, and contains no monu-
' ments of any antiquity. There are several mural slabs of white
marble, belonging to the families of Cosby, of Stradbally Hall, and
Farrer, of Brockley Park. The earliest of the former is thus
inscribed ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of the
RT Hon. Dudlky Alkxandkr Sydney Cosby. LL.D.
Lord Sydney of Leix & Baron of Stradbally
For many years British Ambassador
at the Court of Denmark
only son of Pole Cosby, Esq1', of Stradbally Hall,
Died January 17t!l 1774

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queen's county.

' Admiral Philips Cosby of Stradbally Hall
Admiral of the lied
Son of Colonel Alexander Cosby
Governor of Annapolis Koyal
Died 10th January 1808

Thomas Cosby, Esqk, of Stradbally Hall
Governor of the Queen's County
Died January 23rd 1832 Aged 51 years

Charlotte Elizabeth CosbY
Wife of Thomas Cosby, Esqr, of Stradbally Hail
Died March 26th 1863 Aged 87 years.

4 On the south side of the burial-ground the older tombstones
bear the following inscriptions : —

♦ Flat Slab ' :—

' Flat Slab ' :—

Here Lieth y° Body of elan
or ward otherwise cosby
Died ye 19 of March 1778 Aged 21
years.

1 Big headstone ' : —

HERE LYES THE I BODY OF I AMES | PASELY WHO DEPARTED !
THIS LIFE IN XBER THE 31th ' [sic] ANA DOMINE |
1728 AGED 40 YEARS.

4 Small headstone ' : —

HEAR L1ET
II THE BODY
OF MEARY
MOORE WHO
DEPARTED
THIS LIFE
SEPTEMBER

THE 18
1760 AGED

ROSCOMMON. 174

Xankarflsfown C!eiareliyar«I.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' On page 132 of vol. iii of the Journal, two tombstone
inscriptions are out of place ; the Edw ard Laler and Matthew Cain
inscriptions should bo under the Tankardstown heading instead of,
as they are nowT, under that of Ballylyuan.

' On the same page, in the last line but four, The last window
should read The east window ; it was of two lights.

« The following two inscriptions from this churchyard have not
yet been given.

* A square headstone in the eastern portion of the burial-
ground ' : —

HERE LIES SAMU COOPER

WHO DYED IN Y Ai'EAB
OF BIS AGE ANNO 1G74

1 On a flat slab, under the east window, inside the ruins ' : —

Here Lyeth the Body of
Walter Hovenden who departed
this Life ye 7 day of September
1727 Aged 6G years.

COUNTY ROSCOMMON.

Cam Cliurcliyarcl.

[Contributed by the Bev. H. L. L. Denny, and copied by
Major C. B. Lyster.]

1 The following inscription is copied from a slab inside the walls
of the ruined church, in the south-east corner ■ : —

WALTER LISTER OF MILTON
GENT BORNE AT WESTBY
IN THE COVNTI OF YORK OF

A E HOVS AND

DIED THE 28 OF IANVARIE
1622.

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i Several of the letters in this inscription are conjoined.
" Milton " is now Milltown Pass near the village of Bricleswell,
County Roscommon. The illegible word in the fourth line may be
" Athleague." The above-named Walter was the son of Anthony
Lister of Newsholme, in the parish of Gisburne, Yorkshire, whose
brother Thomas, of Westby, was ancestor of the Lords Ribblesdale.

* Walter Lister came to Ireland in 15G0 with G. Osbaldeston,
Judge of Connau^ht (probably the third son of Edward Osbaldeston
of Osbaldeston in Lancashire), whose daughter Debora he married.
He was the antesto* of the Listers, or Lysters, of Rocksavage,
Grange, Lystedield, Newpark, Athleague, &c, in the County
Roscommon.'

1 On another slab, beside the Lister one, there are the remains
of an inscription running round the edge; all that is decipherable
reads ' : —

DAUGHTER OF RICHARD

PALMER OF • • • IN THE COVHTI OF WARWICK,
ESQUIRE

1 In the middle of the slab is carved a coat-of-arms quarterly,
within a border, of which only the first quartering can be made-
out, viz., three pheons (or broad arrows). Local tradition makes
this slab to be an Osbaldeston tomb, which must be incorrect, as
the Osbaldeston arms are: — "Argent, a mascle sable, between
three pellets." '

COUNTY TIPPERARY.

Fetliartl, Cliitrch of the Holy Trinity.

[From the late Rev. R. H. Long.]
{Continued from vol. ii, p. 211.)
* On floor of organ loft ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF AH COOKE ALIAS
LANG LEY, THE WIFE OF PETER COOKE BURGES [«*J
OF FETHARD, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 12th OF
FEBRUARY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1680.

N > >i :.. The Cookes succeeded the Lords Dunboyne in Kil-
wnan Castle; two of the Ladies Dunboyne lived in a cabin or
small houste near Kiltinan after the forfeiture, and used to ride
postilion to Cionmel to dances, Sec, on Mr. Cooke's horse.

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176

Mr. Robert Cooke now lives at Kiltinan. Mr. Langley, "of the
iron hand," is a well-known character in Cromwell's army; the
iron hand is, I believe, still at Coalbrook, where the head of the
family lives; the other branches live at Archerstown, Knoekenglass,
and Knockenure in this county.'

! Left aisle, east end ' : —

HIC JACET RICHARDUS IJENES QUI OBIIT XXIX

DIE DECEIViBRIS I ANO DM 1615. 1 CUJUS PERDE-
LECTUS FRATER THOMAS I HENES ET EJ' UXOR i
ANASTASIA ARCHER ME I FIERI FECERUNT.

' Translation ' : —

Here lies Richard Henes who died the 29th day of
December a.d. 1615. His beloved brother Thomas
Henes & his wife Anastasia Archer had me made.'

1 Note. — Of the name Henes I know nothing more except that
there was a Thomas Henes living in an uninfluential position at
Fethard in 1682.'

' In the new vestry room at the top of the right aisle : a
tablet ' :—

This ground was purchased by Ellen consort of
Robert Jolly 1702 Eichard Burgh Rector, Thomas
Hacket & Garret Goss Church- wardens.

* On the floor ' :—

* Note. — The romantic love affair of Robert Jolly, private
soldier, and Ellen Meagher has been often told; and how their
daughter and heiress became the ancestress of Lord Lismore.
They left no male heir, so that the name Jolly is not found in the
county.

[' See an article in the Irish Builder for July, 1890, by Rev. W.
Eeynell, b.d. ; and the "Kilkenny Archaeological Journal"
(consecutive), vol. vii (1662-8), p. 248.]

177

TIPPERARY.

4 On one of the Church chalices is the following ' : —

'jjfvl^ eu |> u>a^ qiv'etv Ig- Ifve Qfvuxefv S^eUiald h\y
MRs ELLEANOR JOLLY uv ec^^ldeVaiuvKv &\ a ^teee g^
qAot</Vvd rjlVeiv itvo i^livv^iet & e/fWwiv u>avden^

' The castle of Knockelly is the finest uninhabited castle in the
neighbourhood ; its court wall having turret corners surrounds,
with the castle, over an acre of ground, and is in excellent condi-
tion, having escaped any chance of a pummelling from Cromwell
by being built after his time.'

' We&i end of left aisle.

4 Across the top of the stone are engraved a skull and cross-
bones, 1 II S, and a pierced heart ' : —

Here lyeth ye body of Michael Carney fitz Morrtss

WHO DIED IN HIS HOUSE AT KlLOSTY THE 12th OF JUNE
1720 AGED 70 YEARES. PiEQUIESCAT IN PACE AilEN.

3!>fc facet ^etnitmrii Nasi) qttt ofttft
33ccr ao twt 1629; cuf «IP <£tnnontr
^af.slj et uxor ef guiana IHberari? me
fieri fecerut

4 Translation : ' —

Here lies Eedmond Nash who died Gtb December A.D.
1G29 ; his son Edmond and his wife Elenor Everard
caused me to be made.

^ 4 Note. — This is all I know of anyone of the name of Nash in
this county, either from history or experience.'

1 In the right (S) aisle there are ancient monuments ; but at
the west end of it, just outside the vestry room door in the wall, is
a recess which appears to have been used as a place for holy water.

4 We have now examined almost all the monuments in the
church ; but one small tablet still remains, and it is by far the most
important of all, and perhaps the most difficult to read. The
church is built like the Church of the Monastery of Holy Cross : two
rows of massive arches support the roof inside the church, and in
the west i'ace of the second pillar on the north side a small tablet
bears the liacket arms. This stone has been described and illus-
trated in vol. vi, p. 602, of the Journal.

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178

* Going outside the church, and round the walk to the left, we
come to what appears to have heen a southern transept ; in the east
wall are the remains of a fine window, and also one or two pedestals,
apparently for putting statues on; in the south wall there is a piscina.
The west wall is gone ; and there is about half a foot between the
east corner of the church wall and the east wall of this ruin.'

Here lyeth the body of Pierce Mountin who departed
this life 2nd Day of Feb/ 1746 aged 78 years.

Here lieth the body of Edmond Everard late of Fethard
who died May 5th 1753 aged 51 years.

' Some tombs of the Meaghers dating from 1742, also a well-cut
stone lying flat, apparently old, bearing a large cross only.'

HIC JADET PATRICIUS HACKETT QUI OBIIT VII DIE
MARTII ANO DEI ^675 THOMAS HACKETT FRATER
ME FIERI FECiT AW. 1680-

Note. — This was perhaps Thomas Hacket, the churchwarden.'

Hie jacet Gaspard . . . [broken] .... qui obiit
March a.d. lfioo et Ellena Hackett uxor ejusque me

FIERI FECITT [siVj,

1 Passing this old transept or side chapel we come to a small,
square castle which, it is said, was the verger's house ; its north
wall forms portion of the old chancel of the church, for the church
appears to have been much longer formerly than at present, and
this old chancel is extensive : we enter it by a small gate on the
north side. Inside and just under the old east window is an
inscribed stone of the sixteenth century, partly illegible ' :■ —

facet Itofcertus l^ale oitestus iu't*
put' ♦ . ♦ et 2jjf)ofjana

lilu-rarD uxor et' q me fieri feccrut
ante morte tysorum ano
mceecductlieec ixOfoet't'cMi't ......

m Mm

179 TIPPER ART-

1 On another tomb in this chancel 1 : —

Exultabo in deo (P. H.) Jesu meo qui fuit Superior
fiderdiae et

Notes ox two Last. — 'Robert Vale was probably of the family of
de Valle, or Wall, to one of whom there is another tomb in the
" Friary." They were descended from de Valle, who was granted
land in tin's comity near Carrick-on-Suir at the time of the Conquest.

lThe mention of Robert Vale's wife is the earliest connection
of the name Everard with Fethard.

'The second tomb mentioned above seems to be that of a Hacket.
The Haekets, it would appear from the above-mentioned tombs,
must have settled in Fethard about the time of the Conquest.

4 The Rev. — Hacket, an old clergyman who died lately at
3>ray, and who was born at Lakefield, was the last of the branch
that became Protestant who was born in the neighbourhood. There
are the remains of an ancient building at Brookhill, about two miles
from the town ; and if I am not greatly mistaken, Mr. Hacket once
])' tinted this out to me as the former residence of the Haekets.
There are still several people in humble life of this name in
Fethard.'

HIC JACET JACOBUS I EVERARD BURGENSI8 I KUJUS
OPPIDI QUI I OBIIT DEC- 1667 I CUJUS UXOR I
ANA8TATIA DQNAGHUE I ME FIERI FEGIT 1667.

4 The present cavalry barracks in Fethard Was the town
residence of the Everards. There is a curious dragon-like animal
carved in a stone in the front wall of the officers' quarters. I know
not what it was made for.'

* To the east of the church is a large castle which was formerly
connected with the church by a passage. This castle is also
connected with an indescribable mass of ruins by various passages*
One of these ruins has a door facing the river and is outside the
town wall.

1 In the south-west corner of the churchyard is a tower forming
a comer in the town wall. Once, upon a time a stag, when hotly
pursued, is said to have taken refuge in this tower ; and to this day
the corporation seal is a stag. *

1 About 100 yards east of the church was the " water gate " ;
the arch was removed, I believe, within living memory. The road
htre crosses the river between the two large mill-ponds which

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180

-extend together from the bridge that we first crossed down to the
"Friary." There is an extraordinary- and hideous figure cut in a
large stone in the old wail at this entrance to the town ; it was
supposed to have some useful effect, I believe, upon the evil eye ; it
is probably a 11 Sheelab-na-gig.'"

Patricli's Well 1 lunch CKixins. Parisli of Iwisli-
loi#iia£ 'lit.

[From the County Waterford Archaeological Journal,
vol. x, p. 293.]

1 Within this ruined church stands an elaborate monument
{originally, 1 believe, erected in St. Mary's Church, Clonmel) to
the memory of Nicholas White of Clonmel. Reformation intoler-
ance caused the removal of the cenotaph to its present position.

' The insciTption, decipherable with difficulty, reads ': —

H!C IACET D. NfCHOLAVS WHITE I ARMIGER,
VIR PiETATE, CONSTANTSA, WANSVETVDINE I ET
INTEGRITATE MORV C0NSPH5WS ET AMABILIS I
0B!iT 39 DIE AVGVSTI A0 BNI 1622 EIVS CORPVSi I
EX ANTECESSOR^ CAPPELLA QV/E BOREALEM
SACELLI \Jffim PARTEM RESPICIT IN HOG
MONVMENJjf i 22 DIE DECEKSBRIS A°.D. 1623
TRANSLATV EST I GVIV8 ANIM/E PROPITIETVR

SACELLV HOC S. NQI IESV ElVSQ. GENETRICI B.
MARI/E VIRGIN! DICATVM COMSTRVXERVHT IN
PERPETVAM DICTI NICOLI MEMORIAM BARBARA
WHITE VXOR EIVS VIDVA ET RENRIGV8 WHITE
FILIVS EIVS ET HARES,

' The Rev. P. Power, m.rj.a., was the writer of the above
■extract.'

181

TIPPER ART.

Thurlcs Churchyard.

[From -Rev. St. John Seymour, b.d.]

* The following collection of early eighteenth-century inscriptions
is to be found in the graveyard wliicb surrounds the Protestant
Church of the town. It is a comparatively modern building, but
evidently stands on the site of a much older one. This parish was
impropriate in the Abbey of Owney, County Limerick. In 1292
Abbot Hugh mortgaged this church to Italian merchants. After
the dissolution of the monasteries it was handed over to Walter Ap
Howell, and after him, to Pierce Walsh and his descendents. All
the inscriptions bolow are incised, and many of them are as fresh
as the day they were cut.'

Here Lyeth ye Body | of Anne Neale alias | Collum
who Dyed Apr11 ye 30th 1734 aged 33 years | also ye
Body of Anne Petty.

HIC JACET ELLENA | UXOR JACOBI BOURK | QUE OBYT 21

die mai i | 1722 [Rest buried.]

HIC JACET MARIE | UXOR JACOBI AYL | WARD QUAE OBIT |
29 DIE JUXI 1741.

1 Over " Marie " occurs in small letters the name daltox.'

aged 29 [Rest buried.]

Here Lyeth The | Body of John | Shee Who De j parted
This Life 7br \ The 7th 1743 | Aged o years.

Here Lyeth the Body | of John Pheron who | Dyed
June f 1st 1743 | aged [Ifrsi buried.]

HERE LYETH YE BODY OF PETER I WALL WHO DIED JUXE
THE | 17 1721 CATHERJXE WALL j ALIAS CAHIL HIS WIFE.

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182

Here Lyeth ye Body of | Daniel Carey who | Departed
this life Jany. [ ye 8th an domni 17BG m | ye 8th year of
his age als° | ye Body of JoN Carey.

[Here lieth the] body | of [Father] michl | rian [

YRS PARIS" | PRIEST OF THURLES | WHO DPD THIS LIFE |
NOV YE 4th 17 [? ?] AGED 71 IB REQU IESCAT IX PACE |

4 Almost illegible.'

HERE LYETH | YE BODY OF ANNA [ BUTLER WHO DIED | JULY
7TiI 1742 EAGED | 5 YEARS.

HERE LYETH THE | BODY OF JOHN CONN | ELL WHO DYED
APRIL | THE 5th 1724.

HERE LYETH THE | BODY OF BRIDGET BU | TLER WHO DIED
JU [ NE THE 20 1740 | AGED 17 YEARS.

the 11 [Rest broken.]

Here Lyeth the Body of | Felix Murphy who De-
parted this life June fye 6 aii. Donni- 172G in y | 20
Year of his Age.

Here Lyeth ye Body | of Philip Byan Who | Deced Feb
ye 2nd 172S j aged 80 years.

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF | CATHERINE WHITE ALI 1 AS

hickey who [died ?] ye 14th 1753 aged 19 years.

Mary Paine Departed | This Life 9br. ye 3rd | 1730 aged
3 years | also mary loggan alias | pains who died 7br.
ye 29th I 1742 aged 22 years.

here lyeth | the body of | mosess pain | who dyed | may
the 4th 1755.
* The three s's in " Mosess " are all reversed. '

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Here lyeth the body of | Mary Cahil who dyed | Jany
the 12tb 1756 eaged | 2-1 years.

HERE LYETH THE BODY | OF THOMAS PRIC WHO | DYED MAY
YE 21st 174-7 | AGED 19 YEARS.

COUNTY TYRONE.

Ca*tlet*uiilficl<l Clmi'cli.

[From Mrs. T. Long.]

4 The Parish Church in Castlecaulfield was built through the
exertions of the Rev. George Walker of Derry Siege fame, in 1GS0,
after the parish had been without a church for forty years. Some
of the windows were taken from the old Church of Donaghmore
ami inserted in the new structure. Castlecaulfield (formerly Bally -
donntlly) came into existence in 1610 on a grant from the Crown
of tliese lands to Sir Toby Caulfield, afterwards created Lord
Charleraont.

4 The Rev. George Walker was slain at the Battle of the Boyne
on the 1st July, 1690. After several years, at the request* of his
widow, Isabella (daughter of Robert Maxwell of Finnebrogue,

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184

County Down), his body was exlmmed by a faithful servant who
had been present at his interment after the battle, and it was con-
veyed to Castlecaulfield Church and buried in the chancel, where a
monument was erected by his widow in 1703, and where she herself
was buried later on. Their remains were discovered and re-interred
in 1838 under the following circumstances, as reported by the
Xewry Telegraph of the 30th October, 1S38 ' : —

1 " Thrice-honoured shade of Walker wise,
To Derry's cause so true,
Oh ! could you from the starry skies

Our sad condition view —
How would your wounded spirit feel,

The dark day to behold,
When all our fathers won by steel
Their sons betrayed for gold? " — Graham.

'On Tuesday the lGth of October, 1G38, the Church of
Donaghmore, at Castlecaulfield, being in process of repair by the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, it was found necessary to lower and
level the floor of it.

* In that part of the cbancel immediately under the monument
of Governor Walker, the workmen discovered a full-sized oak coffin
containing the remains of his widow, who, in 1703, caused his bones
to be brought there from the banks of the Boyne, where his body
had been interred and hafl lain for thirteen years. They were this
day found in a small oak box, in which this " widow indeed," full
of endearing recollections of happier days, had deposited them.

4 This worthy lady was the mother of four sons of the renowned
Walker, who, at his death, were serving in King William's array,
and each of whom,- in justice to their immortal father's service and
their own, ought to have inherited one of the forfeited estates.
John Walker, the eldest* son, on a petition to the House of Com-
mons, obtained a pension of £'200 a year, which he enjoyed until
the beginning of the reign of George I, when he was deprived of
it by the parsimony of the triumphant Whigs. Of the other sons
there is no record, save that the daughter of one of them was the
mother of the late Mrs. Caldbeck, of Lisburn.

1 The Walkers were a Yorkshire family. The father of the
Governor of Derry was the Eev. George Walker, sen., Eector of
Cappagh, County of Tyrone, the friend and confidential adviser of
Dr. Bramhall. Bishop of Derry, when this Prelate was nobly using
his private means and public influence in regaining the alienated
property of the Church of Ireland, and purchasing the advowsons
of the impropriated .Rectories, which he added to the Vicarages
throughout the Diocese. He sent his son and namesake to Glas-
gow College for education ; and on the young man's return, soon
after the restoration of King Charles II, he was presented to the
Eectories of Donaghmore and Errigal Keerogue, in the County of
Tyrone. Walker was in the sere and yellow leaf of life when he

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went to Perry in 16S9, bein.Lr then, according to credible tradition,
seventy-one years of age. His sister Anne married Wm. Maxwell,
Esq., of Falkland, High Sheriff of the County of Monaghan, in the
year 1601, and who was great- great-grandfather of the present
representative of his renowned ancestor — namely, the Kev. Thomas
Carpendale, Hector of Donaghmore.

1 Mr. Oarpendale, with Kdw. Evans. Esq., son of Rev. G. Evans,
who had been upwards of thirty years Rector of Donaghmore,
Alexander Mackenzie, Esq., and a few others, naturally regardful
of the remains of this great and good man, caused them to be taken
carefully from the decayed box in which they were found, and put-
ting thorn and those of his widow into smaller boxes, enclosed both,
with suitable inscriptions, in a leaden coffin, which being laid in
one of dual plank, was solemnly deposited in the hero's grave by
his Reverend descendant and successor, assisted by the Rev. John
Graham, author of the History of the Siege of Derry, and also
by one of the oldest Apprentice Boys of the Maiden City.

' In the case with Governor Walker's remains was placed a flint
glass bottle, hermetically sealed, containing the following writing
on parchment : —

• " Be it recorded, that whilst this Church was undergoing repair
in the year ls:>s, search was made beneath the Monument of the
Rev. Geo. Walker, immediately opposite to the Communion Table
at tin- Eastern end of the ohurch, and South side of the Aisle, to
ascertain whether his bones were deposited there, agreeable to
tin inscription on the Monument, erected by his widow in the year
I7UIJ.

' " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, having assembled
in said Church, on Tuesday, lGth October, 1S3S, and having made
search immediately heneath.said Monument fixed in the wall, have
found, in a full-sized oak coffin, the remains of his widow ; and in
a small oaken case adjoining, were deposited bones which had not
the appearance of regular interment in a coffin, but corresponding
with the words on the Monument, ' Ossa reconduntur,' &c. Sec.

' " Now, to testify our veneration and respect for the memory of
the illustrious Walker, we herein carefully replace the bones, and
restore them to their former position, together with this Record.

* "Thomas Carpendale, Rector of the Parish of

Donaghmore.
1 "Egbert Eraser, Curate of said Parish.
1 u Edward Evans, Esq., of Dungannon, son of

the Rev. George Evans, formerly Rector

of said Parish.

* M Edward Evans, jun. Esq., of Armagh, son

of the said Edward.

* " Henry Pole, Esq., J. P., Dungannon." '

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'The inscription on the Monument runs thus': —

P.M.S.

Hie juxta, Lector.
Reverend! Georgii Walker, S.T.D.,
Hujus Parochiae olim Rectoris,

Ossa Reconduntur.
Ille, cujus vigilantia et virtute
L o n d i n i - D e re n si s C i v i t a s,
Anno MDCLXXXIX.
A Gulielmi et fidei hostibus,

Liberata stetit,
Ad Boandi fluniinis ripain,
Pro eadcm causa, ad versus eosdem hostes.
Anno HDCXC:
Occisus cecidit.
Cujus reliquiis et memorise,
Msestissima adhuc illius vidua,
. Isabella Walker
Hoc monument urn pcssuit.
Anno MDCCT1I.
Saxo autem erit fama perennior,
Nec futura minus quam pr absentia sacula
Tarn pium militem, tarn fortem sacerdotem
Mirabuntur.

{ Of the foregoing we annex a literal translation ' : —

P.M.S.

Near this, Reader, are deposited the remains of the Rev. George
Walker, d.d.. formerly Rector of this Parish. He, by whose vigi-
lance and valour Londonderry, in the year 1689, was rescued from
the enemies of William and the Faith, fell, mortally wounded, at
the Banks of the Boyne, for the same cause, against the same
enemies, in the year 1690. To whose remains and memory, his
still inconsolable widow, Isabella Walker, has erected this
monument, in the year 1703.

But his fame shall be more durable than the rock ; nor will
future ages less than the present admire a Soldier so pious, a
Minister so intrepid.

[The above inscription appeared on page 5-19 of the second
volume of the Jouknai. ; but as it is full of errors, it is reproduced
here from vol. ii, p. "273, of the old issue of " The Ulster Journal
of Arch ecology " (1851).]

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[From Mrs. T. Long.]

4 The former Parish Church of Donaghmore stood at the village
of that name till the year 1680, when the present edifice was built

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at the village of Gastlecatllfleld, at the desire, it is stated, of Sir
Toby Caulfield, 1st Lord Charlemont, who wished to have the
parish church closer to his own mansion. Into the east and south
sides of the new church were inserted the handsome stone windows
formerly in the church at Donaghmore.

List of Rectoks of Doxagiimoke and Castle caulfield.

1611 John Madden.
1646 Robert Kennedy.
1078 James Barclay.

1671 George Walker (of Derry Siege fame).

1690 William Xellson.

1691 Richard Crump.
1699 Edmund Arwaker.
1712 Thomas Wadman.
1720 Nathaniel Wlialey.
1780 Richard Vincent.
1775 George Evans.
1807 William Bissett.
1812 Alexander Staples.
1824 Thomas Carpendale.
1865 Benjamin Wade.
1887 B. N. White-Spanner.
1892 Forde Touchhurn.
1900 J. R, Sides.

' Into Donaghmore House, now occupied by the Lyle family, is
built a mural monument, on which is carved in relief a coat-of-arms
impaled, and the date 1683 on another stone, which do not belong
to one another.

1 The coats-of-arms are so far unidentified, and in no way
resemble the Walker arms which are depicted on an old engraving
of him, viz. : — " A lion rampant supporting on the right paw a
mullet.'"

XulSyiiisltau Cluareli.varil.

[Kindly copied by Mrs. T. Long.]

' The following inscription is copied from a tombstone, on the
back of which is a coat-of-arms. Of the latter a " rubbing " was
made, but it" is too indistinct for reproduction ; all that can be dis-
tinguished are a couple of crescents in the upper portion of the
shield.

'Burke in his " General Armoury " gives the arms of the sept of
O'Quin of the County Clare, thus : —

' " Gules, a hand couped below the wrist grasping a sword all
proper, between in chief two crescents argent, and in base as many
serpents erect or."

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188

1 The inscription reads ' : —

HERE LYE T II YE BODY OF
NEILL O'QUJNN WHO DE
PARTED THIS LIFE MARCH

YE 10TIt 1763 AGED GO
YEARS. ALSO YE BODY OF
ELLONOR QUINN ALIAS
HAG AN HIS WIFE WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MAR11 YE 10th [blank] AGED
[blank] YEARS. ALSO THE

BODY OF CHARLES
O'QUINN WHO DEPART™
THIS LIFE MARCH YE 1st
1751 AGED 6 YEARS.
MEMENTO MORI.

' On another tombstone, also bearing a coat-of-arms, is the
following inscription ' : —

HERE LYETH YE BODY
OF WILLIAM BOYD WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
OCTR YF 27XH 1735 AGED
GO YEARS.
(The rest of the inscription is underground.)

• L " ~ ***** ih**

Tut. Boyd Co.vt-of-Arms.

189

WATERFORD.

{ The coat-of-arrns is : — " Azure, a fesso chequy argent and
gules, between three crescents of the second."

' The crest is : — " A dexter hand erect, pointing with the thumb
and two fingers." '

COUNTY WATERFORD.

Ardntore.

[From Mr. James Coleman, ji.r.s.a.i.]

' The following inscription is copied from a tablet in the west
wall in the interior of the old Cathedral at Ardmore ' : —

In memory of j Anna the infant daughter of | Patrick
and Anna Carolina Smith | who died April 9th 1834.

Oh ! sweet my baby liest thou here

So low, so cold and forsaken
And cannot a fond mother's tear

Thy once too lovely smile awaken.
Ah ! no within this silent tomb
A mother's hopes received their doom.
Ah ! I shall ne'er forget the kiss

I gave thee on that morn of mourning
Thy placid cheek bespoke the bliss

Of innocence to God returning,
May'st thou return that kiss to me

In realms of bright eternity.

Waterfowl, tlte Cathedral.

[From Mr. H. F. Berry, m.r.i.a.]

' The inscription which is given below was copied in 1891 by the
Rev. Maurice Day, m.a., Rector of Kilbrogan, Co. Cork, who has
kindly forwarded it for record in our Journal, with the following
particulars : —

' This Inscription is on the tomb which is marked " N " in the
plan of the old Cathedral of Waterford in Harris's Edition of
Ware, and which now lies some feet below the chancel floor in its
old position. It is broken across in several places, and in one place
the date is defective in consequence.

WATERFORD.

190

' The inscription was copied during the alterations in the
Cathedral, 1890-1.'

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF MARGARET
FITZ GERALD ALS BROWN WIFE TO EDWARD
FITZ GERALD OF WATERFORD MERCHT WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE 9BER YE 9th IN YE 32°
YEAH OF HER AGE & IN YE YEAR OF
OUR LORD 1711
AiiD ALSO THE BODY OF HER
MOTHER GATKERiNE BROWN ALS
MURPHIE WHO DEGEAD JANUARY
THE 27th IS THE 55™ YEAR CF HER AGE
AND IN THE YEAR GF GUR LORD 1711.
ALSO THE BODY GF ELIZA" FZGERALO
ALS ROQHFdRT OBIIT 25° 3BRIS 17 ' "
24 AETATIS.

ALSO THE BODY OF EDWD FZ GERALD
OBIIT 25 HAH ANNO 1737 AETATIS 58.

Water ford, tSie l^reneli Cliiireli.

[From J. E. Garstin, m.r.i.a.]

4 On p. 368, vol. ii, of the Journal, an incomplete and misread
inscription from a slab in these ruins appears. A rubbing from the
slab (probably taken by the late Colonel P. D. Vigors) is reproduced
on the opposite page.

1 The inscription (contractions expanded and gaps restored)
reads ' : —

fyk Eaccnt corpora | Cornell! Jjuricp aurifa&ri, qui
fato concept quarto 3&u# '^nmtarias 2fc*.te | 1582,
ct fjoamie | uxorig mis qui bitani

ma(rtalc)m nuttatut anno a . nirginco partu.

* Translation ' : —

Here lie the bodies of Cornelius Hurley, Goldsmith,
who yielded to fate [i.e. died] on the fourth of the Ides
[i.e. the lOthj of January, a.d. and of Joan

Naish, who exchanged [this; mortal life in the year
from the virgin birth — [Not given].

To face page 190.]

101

WESTMEATH.

' The lettering is clear and beautiful, and seems to indicate the
•work of a- foreigner, perhaps the T.M. whose initials appear above
the sun and moon under the head of the cross, mainly composed of
lleurs-de-lys.

' Notice the elaboration of the capital letters and their capri-
cious use. A flourished C, E, H, J. and N are accompanied by less
demonstrative A c, e, and i, while the name of the man (hurley),
as well as the r> of " A°. d., " is in small letters.

' No place is named, no prayer included! The wife is given her
maiden name (Naisii), lut the year of her death is not forthcoming.
Toe inscription was probably carved while she was alive, and the
date not added afterwards, I thought the day and month of her
husoand's death might have been included in the nourishes following
the striking Arabic numerals following the year 1582 ; but close
examination leads me to conclude that they are all adjuncts of the
E of -<Et."

1 The mention of a Waterford goldsmith is interesting.
Mr, C. J. Jackson, in his great work, " English Goldsmiths and
their Marks," could only find mention of eight belonging to
Waterford, but all comparatively modern, and no mark of theirs
has been recovered.'

COUNTY WESTMEATH.

Arcliiuix'ficr riiuiTli.raril.

[From J. F. Fuller, f.s.a.]

To the memory of the Rev. John Lever* for nineteen
years Vicar of Ardnurcher and Kilcumreagh He died
on the 81s: of March 1862 Aged 62 years Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord.

l'&ill>e»';ran Cliiweli,

[From J. F. Fuller, f.s.a.]

Here be inter'1 the Rein, of Mary Elrington wife of Picv
John Elrington who died the 2nd of Janry 1790 aged 58
years also three of their sons who died in their infancy,
also the body of the Rev John Elrington husband of the
above Mary who departed this life May 6th 1705 in the
62ni year of his age

* He was a brother of Charles Lever, the novelist.

WEXFORD.

192

1 Stone in aisle '

Mary Amelia Elrington died 22nd of January 17G3 aged
15 days.

IvillifiEa^li OfcMrcfi.vui'rt.

• Dr. O'Donovan, in a note on p. 81G, vol. iv, of the M Annals of
the Four Masters," states : —

' There is a monument to the Dardis family in the churchyard
of Killulagb (Cill-Uailleach i, in the Barony of Delvin, which
exhibits the following inscription : —

Underneath this Stone are interred the remains of
William Dardis, formerly of Carlinstown, in the County
of Wcstmeath, Esqr, as also those of Catherine Dease of
Turbetstown alia s Dardis, who died on the 11th of March
1797, and at whose desire this monument has been
erected. Several of the Dardis family, late of Gigans-
town, County of Westmeatb, are likewise buried here.
1U.P.

W. FitzG.

COUNTY WEXFORD.

Ai'tlciintirisk Clmrcf b ,i a ril .

[From Philip II. Hore, Esq.]
' On headstones ' : —

I.H.S.

Here lies the body of Bart j tholomew Hore who depA |
this life Aug1 8rJ"l790 Ag'1 | 68 yr* May the Lord have
mercy | on his soul.

I.H.S.

Here lyeth ye body of William
Scellin who died July ye 9l 1770

193 WEXFORD.

I.H.S.

Here Lyeth The | Body of Mary | An: Furlong | who :
Departed

[Tlie remainder is underground.]

4 Extracts from a manuscript " Barony Book of Shelmalier,"
under the Parish of Ardcandriskj by the late H. F. Hore, of Pole
11 ore :—

1 The little chancel of Ardcandrisk Church ruins was the burial-
place of the Hore family from very early times; the last of them
interred here was Christopher Hore, implicated in the Rebellion of
1641. The blocd vail by the roadside, close to the churchyard, is
dedicated to St. Eusebius,

'Alexander Banyon, by Will (at Enniscorthy) dated 1617,
describes himself of " Arebandras," and desires to be buried within
this church, to which he leaves 5s. to the poor box. This shows
that divine service was then performed in it.

' Nicholas Hore of the Pole, Gent., by his Will of 1G28, desires
to be buried in the church of " Arcanrish." '

Ilalix minor Castle, JParish of Kilrane.

* On \nvjQ 137 of the Fifth Volume of Hore's " History of the
Comity Wexford," is the follow ing note : —

1 Ballyconnor' is close to the sea, in the Barony of Forth.
Hammond Stafford, of the lif th generation, who married a daughter
of Kit/.llfiiry, of Kilcavan, left a son Denis, who built the castle
whi£j) still stands* as is shown by a stone in the wall above the door
of the principal apartment, bearing this inscription ' : —

DIQNISIVS STAFFORD DE BALI00K0R, ET KA7ERINA
SINOT VXOR EIVS 1570 STRVXERVNT HAND DOMV

W. FitzG.

K ilihw tsi Citcireh.vard.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

4 The old churchyard of Kildavin is situated in the deer-park
attached to the Johnstown Castle demesne. Portions of the walls
of the church still exist, showing it consisted of nave and chancel.
A rough round granite boulder served as a font, the bowl of which
is square with the aperture in the centre. Being now used as a

WEXFORD.

194

headstone is the lintel of (probably) the east window; it is of
granite, and shows the window to have been of two round-headed
lights.

1 St. Davin, of Kildavin, was venerated on the 1st of August,
on which day the graves in this churchyard are decorated with
laurel-branches and flowers — a custom peculiar to this district.

* There are no tombs of any age or interest ; the following
inscriptions are copied from tombstones on the south side of the
church ruins, and are mostly difficult to decipher.

< Flat slab ' :—

I.H.3.

1 Headstone ' : —

I.H.S

Here Lieth the Body of | Michael Doyle who De |
parted this life March 25th | 1789 . . "

(The remainder is underground.)

* Square headstone ' : —

1 Square headstone ' : —

I.H.S

OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE SOUL
OF NICHOLAS LFYEKEUX OF KILLANE wllO

depJ this Lite Fcbry 1809 Aged 18 y™
Also hi? wife Catherine deverkux alias
doyle dep* this life March 17th 1811

Aged 70 years
Also their son Nicholas devereux.

195

WEXFORD.

4 Square headstone ' : —

I.H.S

Here lies the Body of | Margaret Walsh | of Kiliniek
who depd this I life 20th of March 1834 | Aged 66 years.

* On headstones inside the church ruins ' : —

Here lieth the Body of | Walter Power who depd this j
Life Xovr f l'h 1756 Aged | 69 vK Also his wife Mary j
Doyle Janry the 9tu 1750 Agd | 50 Requiescant in pace.

Erected by hugh moxagiiax in memory
of his Wife mary moxaguax who depd this
life Dec1 23rd 1870 Aged 48 years.

1 At the back of this headstone ' : —

Ah Christians dear
One prayer from you I crave
For me that lieth in this silent grave.
Our Father & Hail Mary

' On a mural tablet, built into the boundary wall, at the south
side ' :—

-f

This cemetery
was enclosed by the
Earl & Countess of Granard
1868.

1 In the north-east portion of the burial-ground is a monu-
ment of cut-stone, surmounted by a cross, bearing the following
inscription on a tablet inserted in it ' : —

-f-

Of your Charity
pray for the repose of the
Soul of Joseph Underwood
who died on the 20th March
1868 Aged 37.
He was for many years
House-steward to the Earl

COUNTESS Of GRAXARD

who Erected this Monument
to his Memory in grateful
remembrance of his long &
faithful services.

WEXFORD.

196

I»ieroestOTVi*, St. Martin's (Catlielic) t liurch.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.J

« The three following inscriptions are copied from mural monu-
ments inside this church ; the first two are composed of black and
white marble, and the third is a limestone slab ' : —

In this Church lie the remains of the
Revd Nicholas Codd,
the learned, eloquent, and zealous
Pastor of Killmacree.
He was called to the sacred ministry
in 1S14, appointed to the pastoral charge
of Monageer in 1818, and thence translated
to his native Parish in 1839, where
he died the 16th of June 1846,
in the 5Gth year of his age.
Requiescat in pace
Amen.

To the "Memory
of the Rev'1 Nicholas Pierce
whose remains repose in the Church
where he first heard the words of truth,
and learned to worship
his Redeemer.
Having, in 1831, received the holy order
of Priesthood, he laboured, with
unwearied zeal, in the discharge of
his sacred duties, and died at the age
of 41, in the odour of sanctity,
on the 13th of Sep1 1849
May he rest in peace.

(A chalice)

Here lies the Body of
the Reru RocF O'Connor,

Pastor of Rathmonee,:;:
who departed this life April
2nJ, 1807, Aged 58 years.
The Lord have Mercy on
his Soul.

* Now written Bathmacnee, though pronounced as above spelt.

197

WEXFOED.

' The burial-ground to the Catholic Church lies along its
southern and western sides ; it appears modern, as no tombstones
have an earlier date than the nineteenth century. One monument
consists of an altar- tomb on which stands an urn on a pedestal, in
the middle of the slab. The inscription was originally lightly
incised, and is now very difficult to decipher. It reads ' : —

Beneath

Are deposited the mortal remains
of

jj Colonel beyax o'toole
who died the 27ta of February 1825.
Having chosen in early Youth the military profession,
ills career was soon marked
By that intrepidity and skill which distinguished it
to its close.

His splendid Services in Spain and in Portugal
Were not indeed unnoticed,
Bui they were left unrewarded
for he was

A KOMAN CATHOLIC.

[The urn is placed here]
That the memory of so much worth
and such heroic valour
might not perish altogether
This Monument,
which ought to have been the tribute
of Public Gratitude,
is erected
By Private Friendship.
B.I.P.

Also the Remains of Capn matthew o'toole
of the 82nd Beg1., who departed this life June 23ld- 18G0

* The above-named Col. Bryan O'Toole lived close by at Fair-
held House (now demolished) opposite to Bathaspeck House. He
is stated not to have been married, so that Captain Matthew
O'Toole was probably a brother. There is now no member of the
family alive.'

' Close to the O'Toole monument is a flat slab on which is
inscribed ' : —

I. H. S.

Here lieth the Body of Margar**
Codd alias O'Keil who depd
this life Octr lG:h 1826 Aire* 42 v18-

WEXFORD.

198

Wexfortl— St. H*erius' (Protestant) Clmrcli.

[From Rev. H. B. Swanzy, Newry.]

1 Memorial tablet on north wall of St. Iberius' Church, Wexford,
marble, with black letters ' : —

On the 15th of April 1777 in the Churchyard adjoining
were deposited the remains of the Rev. Charles Huson
Archdeacon of Ferns
and for twenty years the beloved and respected
Minister of this parish
0 may his Successors and Parishioners long imitate his example
and Revere bis Memory
His afflicted Widow caused this humble Memorial
of him to be erected in the Church built under his Inspection
and the expense thereof was Principally defrayed
through his Powerful and effectual solicitation.

' Charles Huson, son of Benjamin, entered Trinity College,
Dublin, 3rd March, 172S, aged 17, having been educated at Dublin
by Sheridan.

1 The Rev. Charles Huson married at St. Ann's Church, Dublin,
11th February, 1755, Isabella, eldest daughter of John Britton, of
Dublin, Attomey-at-law, by his wife Susanna, youngest daughter
of Major Daniel Frencb, of Belturbet, High Sheriff of County Cavan,
1690, by his wife Isabella Bedell, grand- daughter of the famous
Bishop. (See also notes under County Cavan.) He was collated
Archdeacon of Ferns, August 14th, 1707 (Cotton's Fasti). His
Will, dated 13th June, 1766, was proved in Ferns DiOcese, Gth
June, 1777. His widow was buried at Wexford, 13th February,
1784. Her mother, Susanna Britton, otherwise French, bad
married secondly, Francis Le Hunte, m.p., of Brennanstown,
County Dublin, who was known for his good works. He died 1st
December, 1750, leaving an only son, Richard Le Hunte, of Artra-
mont, County Wexford, M.P. Wexford town, 1771-6, and 1776-83.
Barrister-at-law, e.a., t.c.d., 1750, who died without issue : Will
proved 12th February, 1783 ; executors, his half-sisters, Mrs.
Huson and Winifred Britton, and kinsman, Daniel Stanford.
Artramont passed to tbe ancestor of Sir George Le Hunte, the
present owner ; and the descendants of Bishop Bedell, through
Susanna French, died out.

' Thanks are due to the present Archdeacon of Ferns for kindly
copying the inscription, and supplying the date of Mrs. Huson's
burial.'

199

WICKLOW,

COUNTY WICELOW.

0ra|r St. Puttl's C lmvcli ami Cliuroli.rarcl.

[From the lev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]
(Continued from j>. G18, vol. vi.)

* I begin now to record the inscriptions consecutively, com-
mencing at the we it side of the churchyard and the south end of
the rows, and have thought it well to adapt the rows to the
numbering of the graves as given on the plan of the ground (see
page -11 1, vol. vi), "which I should say hangs now in the south
porch of the church.

• Row I, No. 1. Some distance from the corner of the church-
yard, and about two teet from the west boundary, is a small cross.
This grave*£pace is No. 6 in the plan and MS. (Mo. 7, without
memorial, belongs, we are told, to a Roman Catholic family, see
page 615, vol. vi). The name on the cross is Blake, 1875.'

' No. 2. After a space, and about eight feet from the west wall,.
U another cross — Macnamara, 1868.'

4 No. 3« On a line with the last is a freestone headstone on
granite base, with lettering in block capitals. Of the children, the
MS. xiu,u r '« No. 20," says, " Only two appear to have been buried
here : — Elizabeth Schoales, aged 9 years, 10 June, 1827. William
R Schoales, Tenchlield, Sandymount. aged 25, Apr. 4, 1855." It
adds, " Entry in register for (1) is as ibllows : — Alexander Shooles
f*fa in MS.], aged 00, of this Parish was buried in Bray Church on
Friday the first of June. Registered by me, W. E. Plunket, but not
I'Hiitd." The inscription is': —

* Low down, to the right-hand side, is ' : — Man[de]r[so]n Dublin.

WICKL0W.

200

♦ No. 4. On a marble slab, inserted in a headstone of freestone
with granite base, some five feet from wall, is the following in block
-capitals ' : —

1 On the freestone frame, below the inscription, to the right
liand, is ' : — Coates, Dublin.

' The above headstone stands on a limestone slab, resting on a
granite base, an iron bar protecting the grave-space. On this slab
is, with trifling differences (« of this Station," " on the 15th May,"
" aged 28 years," Sec. — the lines sometimes consisting of two of
those given above), the same inscription, the first four lines being
presumably covered by the headstone.'

• No. 5. On a line with the last, a limestone slab on granite
base, has as follows in block capitals (left-hand top corner of slab
-cracked and mended) ' : —

'Low down, to the right hand, is ' : — Manderson, Dublin.

'No. 6 is a granite altar-tomb some 8 feet from the wall, with a
limestone slab on the top which is cracked across and mended
beneath the inscription and also at the right-hand corner below.
The MS. under "No. 27" tells us that James M'Kay was the
schoolmaster and parish clerk in Bray, and that it is said that his
wife's body was stolen the night after the funeral by body-snatchers.
The MS., which appears, as far as I have had opportunity to form
an opinion, very correct, is. I believe, in error as to the age of
Mrs. M'Kay as carved on the tomb. After careful examination I
■came to the conclusion that the latter figure was undoubtedly " 9."
Having referred to the MS. after taking this inscription, I found it

201

WICKLOW.

entered otherwise, but with the remark that the Register (which
gives "Lucincla " as the name) has 39. Another reading of this
inscription which appears at page 174, vol. vi, Memorials of the
Dead, gives a third figure, and is also in error (perhaps by a
printer's mistake) as to the year of death recorded, which is incon-
sistent with the Latin inscription. The slab on the top has as
follows ' : —

LUCY MCKAY Died 4th Novr 1833

Aged 39 ye?. vs.
JAMES MCKAY The Husband of the above
named LUCY MCKAY Died 5th i\ovr 1833

Aged 41 years.

1 A marble slab at the east end of the tomb has as follows, the
first three lines being in capitals ' : —

IN ME MORI AM
JACOBI ET LUCLE MCKAY,

FARENTUM SUI EXIMIORUM \

h.m. fieri curavit, et functus est
inani munere,
filius.
MDCCCXXXIV.

1 The last five memorials are close to each other.'

Canieiv.

[From Thomas U. Sadleir.]

4 Inside the church, white marble tablet on black background,
with coat-of-arms surmounting urn ' : —

Sacred to the memory
of Joseph Chamney. Esq. of Baliyrehiu
late Captain of the Coolattin Corps of Yeoman

Infantry in the County of Wicklow
On the 2nd day of July 1798, and the 52nd year
of his Age, he was killed, with his nephew

a most amiable youth, both fighting
the battle of their God, and of their King
in the defence of their religion and their country

In Testimony
of the high sense entertained of his many pubiick
aud private virtues,
which are indelibly graven on the hearts of his
numerous and sorrowing friends
they have erected this monument
Anno Domini. 1800.

WICKLOSV.

202

1 White marble tablet, surmounted by urn, on black back-
ground ' : —

Sacred
to the memory of
Thomas Bookey. Esq.
Late of Mount Garnet
in the County of Kilkenny
who departed this life
the 4th March, 1818
Aged 65 years

4 Large tablet of white marble, with carved border, surmounted
by sarcophagus and urn, on background of black marble ' : —

Sacred to the memory of William Wainwright. Esq.
who on the fifth day of July 1813, and in the seventy-
fourth year of his age, closed an honorable life, the last
thirty-three years of which had been devoted to the
management of the Wentworth Estate in Ireland, in the
discharge of which undertaking he properly felt, that the
welfare of the tenant was no less committed to his care
than the interest of the Landlord. These two purposes,
apparently opponent and incompatible with each other,
were, however, conjointly the objects of his efforts and
in pursuing this difficult task of balancing impartially
different interests, he had the rare happiness of giving
satisfaction to both parties, the tenant felt that his
comforts were well provided for, the Landlord that his
interests were fully considered ; of his success in both
these points the universal lamentation of the tenantry,
and the deep regret of the Landlord afford irrefragable
proof. He had long acted as a magistrate in the County
of Wicklow to the great advantage of a district where
jarring interests naturally gave rise to petty feuds, and
to frequent appeals to magisterial interference. On
such occasions it was his practice to lay aside the
authority of the Magistrate, and to resort to the influence
of the man, the common friend, the unprejudiced
impartial arbiter, the just and equitable composer of
differences. Under his conciliatory management, the
method seldom proved unsuccessful and thus he attained
the great object of his life, that of promoting the happi-
ness of all under his immediate care, by inspiring them
with sentiments of Goodwill towards each other, and

203

WICKLOW.

by diffusing a spirit of general harmony, to perpetuate
the memory of a mind so benevolently disposed, of
conduct so usefully beneficent, and at the same time to
record the deep sense entertained of his exemplary
fidelity and in testimony of the most affectionate
remembrance of his unvaried attachment, this tablet is
inscribed by William, Earl Fitzwilliam.

4 In the churchyard ' : —

Here lie interred the remains of Richard Bookey of
Grangebegg, in the County of Kildare, Esquire, who died
on the 28tfl day of November, in the year 1801, Aged
54 years.

Thomas De Renzy, M.D. T.C.D. | died 24th February.
1852 | Aged 71 years.

ICKLOW.

204

Here lieth | the body of William Ashe, | of Askeymore,.
who departed | this life, on the 9th day of Novr. 1815 j.
Aged 84 years.

Erected by j William Seabrook of Augha | to the memory
of bis beloved | wife Susanna Seabrook j who died 23rd
of April 1833, aged 35 years | Also Deborah Seabrook
Daughter of the above named | William and Susanna
who died 0th Sep1 1858, aged 33 years.

Here lieth the body of Robert Dobbs | who departed this

life, 8 February 1816 | aged 24 years; also the body of
• his mother | Mary Dobbs, who departed this life the |

12th of November, 1832, aged 70 years. | Also the body of
! her husband Robert Dobbs | of Carnew, who departed

this life the | 27th of April, 1834, aged 78 years.

Here lieth the body of Robert | Rickaby, who departed
this life j October the 14th 1778, aged 72. | Also his wife
Anne Rickaby who | departed this life March 25th 1804, |
in the 95th year of her age.

Here lies the body of John Scott who departed
the 22nd of Oct. 1794, Aged 27 years.

Herelyeth the body of Jn° Chamney, Esq. who departed
this life the 11th day of April 1733 in the 84th year of his
age.

Sacred to the memory of Richard Hopkins son of Joseph
and Sarah Hopkins of Tomacork who departed this life
24th June 1849, aged 24 years, also of Joseph Hopkins,
youngest son of the above, who departed this life
March 1855, aged 11 years.

Here lieth the body of Mr John Sly, of Tomcork, who
departed this life 28 June, 1817 aged 74 years.

In memory of Edward Taylor who departed this life the
5th of April 1708, aged 37 years, also Rachel his Relict

who departed this life of November 1791.

aged GO years.

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WICKLOW.

the body of John Pursei wno departed

this life the first day of April, anno Domini 1712.

Here lieth the body of | James Robinson who departed |
this life 27th of March 1804 | Aged 37 years.

Here lyeth the Body of Jean Blenney, who departed
this life Oct. 9th 1764, aged 19 years.

Here lyeth the Body of Anne James, wife of Thomas
James, and Daughr of Ralph Laurence of Carnew,

depd aged 50 years. Also the body of the

above named Thomas James who departed this life
Dec. 17th 1790, and in the 98th year of his age.

Erected j To the memory of James Porter | of Carnew
who depd this life | Feb 18th 1798, aged 50 years, also |
his wife Joyce Porter who depd | this life April 21st
1884, aged 90 years.

Sacred to the memory of Catherine | wife of Mr Ralph
Taylor, who died | on the 20th day of January 1818, |
Aged 45 years. \

WICKLOW.

206

Sacred to the memory of George Binks, of Cronyhorn,
in this Parish, v/ho died the 19th day of August, 1829,
Aged 70 years.

I. H. S.

Here lies the Body of Michael Furlong, who depd this
life the 3rd day of August 1792, aged 41 years. " Lord
have mercy on his soul."

Here lieth the body of Thomas Murphv, who departed
this life the 26th Dec. 180-1, aged 26 years.

Body of Bichard Twamly, and also

Margaret his wife,

two of their grandchildren

Body of Peter Twamley ember ye 25th

1747.

Here lieth the body of Sheridan depd this

life September 17th 1798, aged 17 years.

L H. S,

Here lieth the Body of Matt Travis Departed 14th July
1784, aged 92. •

Here lies the body of Richard Southren who departed
this life Jan. 23rd 1783, aged 4o.

Joseph Braddell, of Bullingate, Esq. Died Oct 17,
1829, aged seventy-three.

Sacred to the memory of Mary, the beloved wife of
John Swan. Esq. of Tombrean. She died 12 Jan.
1820. aged 20 years. Also John, husband to the above
named Mary Swan, who died Jan 29th 1853, aged
39 years.

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Sacred to the memory of John Goodisson, of Bally island,
who died Dec. 5th. 1837, in the 56th year of his age, also
Martha, his beloved wife who died Aug. 8th 1843, Aged
59 years.

Underneath this slab lieth the body of Margaret Stone
who departed this life December 27-u, 1817, aged
53 years.

Underneath this Stone Lieth the body of Catherine,
daughter of Thomas and Anne Swan, who departed this
life on the 17th day of August 1832, aged 13 years.

Here lieth the body of George Sherredon Died April
the 2nd 1775 aged 19 years. Also his mother Sarah
Sherredon Died Dec. the 22:ul 1779, aged 48.

Erected by Sarah Higginbotham in memory of her
husband John Higginbotham late of Paulbeg C° Wicklow
who departed this life 1st Oct 1635, Aged 58 years.
Also Hannah Higginbotham his sister who departed
this life 20 July 1834, Aged 59 years.

Erected to the memory of John Page, of Parkmore who
departed this life 22ad Oct. 1855, Aged 78 years.

In memorv of Letitia the wife of William Dowse, of
Springfield". She died the 28th day of February 1819
Aged 36 years.

Here lieth the body of Joseph Griffin, who departed
this life the second day of April 1734, and in the 75th
year of his age.

Here lyeth the body of Sarah] Hope wbo dyed July the
22nd 1737.

WICKLOW.

208

Here lietb the body of Ralph James of Urelands, Esq
who departed this life on 17th day of September 1807,
aged 84 years. Also the body of Mrs. Lettice James,
his wife, who died the 16th Dec. 1811, aged 87 years.

Here lyeth the body of Silvester Novlan, who dec(1
4tb of February 171 i, aged 1 year, also -Joseph Novlan,
died 1725, aged 9 years.

Here lieth the body of Joseph Swan, of Tombrean, in
the County of Wicklow, who died, the 12th day of
February 1796, aged GG years. Also the body of
Catherine Swan, his wife, who died 21st day of May,
1809, aged years.

Cast ietini on tlmrehyard.

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

' A very considerable portion of the ancient church exists.
There is an opening in the north wall which appears, notwithstand-
ing its unusual position, to have been a doorway. Immediately
inside of this, lying on the ground, is a rude sandstone holy water
font. On the occasion of an interment here some fifteen years
since a few boys ascended the west end. wall of the church, which
was then, as now, shrouded in ivy. Scarcely had they reached the
top when, I was informed, down fell a shower of croppy pike-heads
from the building. The inscriptions here are not very old.

' On the roadside, a few hundred yards from the church, there
is an ogham -in scribed stone, one of the two discovered up to the
present in this county. The genuineness of it has not been
questioned. The inscription is intact, but the interpretations of it
are not very enlightening. One would imagine that antiquities of
this description are far too common in Ireland for conservation
when this perfect specimen is left publicly exposed to the imminent
danger of being seriously damaged or destroyed at any time. The
question of the protection or removal of this stone was brought
last year before the County Council by the County Surveyor. A
report of the matter appeared in the local press ; but beyond this it
has not come to the writer's knowledge that any steps have since
been taken to carry out the Surveyor's suggestions as to its future
welfare.'

HERE * LIETH « BODY * OF * PATR * BYRNE 1 DEG'EASD
MAY * Ye * 10 * 1735 * AGED ■ G2 ' YEARS

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Here Lyetli the body of An&stia Byrn Wife to James
Doyl0 De'ceasd May 6 1772 Aged 24 yrs

Here Lyeth the tody | of Arthur MacMahoii | who
departed this | life 9 th of January 1746 | . . . .
[remainder buried]

M el ga ii y CH iiroli y a rd .

[From Major E. fi. G. Crockshank, Kingstown, 1905.]

4 An obelisk-shaped stone with urn on top, facing the entrance
■door and tower.

' East side' : —

' North side ' :—

' West side ' : —

WICXLOW.

210

■ South side ' :—

Delg'airy Ol<l Cluureli j ard.

[From the Rev. E. S. Mafiett, b.a.]
(Continued from p. 121, vol. vi.)

' Row IX, No. 1. After a tree, which is now the first from the
west end, along the boundary on the side of the road, all the others
having been more or less recently cut down, is a flat stone having
an inscription m large capitals, with small letters of abbreviation,
and written characters as initials in " Here " and " John " ' : —

Here lyeth y | body of Mr, John | Williams deceased |
[qan* y, 3, 1723, aged | 62

* No. 2. A little more west than the above, just at the foot of
No. 1 of Row YIII (same name), is an upright stone of slate,
having a star within the usual branch ornament, and the following
clearly cut inscription of small letters intermixed with capitals ' : —

• here • Lieth • the ■ BoD[y.] | of ■ Icim • farreLL •
i)eceasd | ivLy • the ! 1th . 1728 • AoeD 5S * yr | Also •

• Lieth • the ■ BoDy • of • j C[At]herine • His *WiFe ■ and * |
Iohh • fArreLL ■ nis * Gi'And • | • Son * DeceAS5 mAy •
th[e ] 13th | 1753 • AoeD 22 • yeArs - | Also ■

[WiLiJiam • fArreLL • lr>eceA[s]D ivLy • y • 14 • 1758 |
AgeD • 59 yeArs • Mr James j fArreLL * vec° AGVst [sic]
17 • i 1767 • AoeD • 52 ■ yr.

' No. 3. This is a stone with rounded top, and the lower part
rough, evidently intended for a headstone, but now lying flat (with
inscription facing the south) between this and the next row, at
the back of a shrub with pretty pink and white flowers, which
afford almost the only gleam of brightness in this churchyard.
Originally it was possibly an upright stone in Row X, next to
another with same name. This memorial was covered with sodr

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with the exception of a very small portion in the centre, without
lettering, which I at first took to be a piece of ordinary stone.
Testing the point, I then cleaned the slab. "Within the branch
ornament as before, there is an I II S with cross : the inscription
is in a mixture of capital and small letters 1 : —

Here * Lieth • the • BODy | of • BryAn • Dunn DeceAS |
aphl • the * 13 * 17G2 ■ agod G4 | Hens • also • lieth •

THE I BODy * OF * THADEE * DUNN |DECFASED ' IANUARy ' 21 *

1768 I aged 80 • yeArs • loi'd « HAve * | mercy • on •
tneir • sovi.s • Amen

1 No. 4 is a headstone of limestone, standing beyond the centre .
of the row, more to the north than No. G of the previous row •' : —

Here Lyeth the Body of | Eadcn Hore who Departed [

1 No. 5. A smaller headstone of greenish stone, with a star
between the branches, so commonly carved on such memorials,
stands close by. The inscription is in capitals, with the exception
of the last " y," and the le iters of abbreviation ' : —

Here * lieth • the ' | body • of • Dority • [sic] | Hore ■

deceased • Dec = | 28 • 1747 • aged • 12 yr

' No. 6. This is a low headstone, rounded at top, leaning very
much backwards. It has, within the common branch ornament,
a star. The first line of the inscription is in capitals, and the rest
in mixed letters. The two last in the surname,, and the following
letter, are very indistinct ' : —

Here • LiETH * the • body | [oJf ■ ierimia • [sic] Hore
DeceAS (stone chipped) | fx ?]ovemr 14th 17G1 ■ a[ge ?Jd
24

'No. 7 is a memorial of wood, painted marble, close to the
north boundary. Name— Bryan, l&W'J

VttCKLOW.

212

Z>uiilavm Cliurcli.

[From Mr. C. M. Drury.]

CORNIT ANTHONY

HATHORNE OUT OF HIS

PIOUS ZEAL TO THE
PLACE OF GOD'S WORSHIP
BEQUEATHED 50lib- STEP.
FOR THE REBUILDING

OF THIS CHAUNCEL

WHICH WAS FAITHFUL

LY PERFORMED BY THE

PIOUS CAPE OF MR

PHILLIP HATHORNE

HIS NEPHEW AND

HE IRE ANNO DOM' 1G81

'The stone from which I took this inscription is in the vestry of
the present church at Dunlavin. It was found some years ago in
the old churchyard, and was evidently in the old church, which was
demolished in or about 1816. It was placed hi its present position
years ago for security. The letters are somewhat damaged, and I
could not get a good legible rubbing of it, though the inscription on
the stone itself is plain enough.'

3fimscrogs Churchyard, towiiland o f" BSallyniag'Biro e,
Parisli of* Killi«"kc.v.

[From Mr. E. B. M'C. Dix.]

* On a headstone in this old and greatly neglected^ churchyard *: —

rowerscrturi Cliuieliyaril.

[From the Rev. R. S. Maffett, b.a.]
(Continued from page 184, vol. vi.)

1 Powerscourt, Lewis tells us in his " Topographical Dictionary."
takes its present name from the Le Poer family, to whom, he
says, it was conveyed by marriage with the daughter of Milo de

LH.S.

HERE . LYE Til . The
BODY. OF. ELIZAB
ETH . DEM SEE . D
ECEASD . DECEM.
Y£ . 16th . 1727

To face page 21

SLAB COMMEMORATIVE OF CORNET ANTHONY HATHORN1
BEQUEST TO DUNLAV1N CHURCH, CO. WICKLOW.

[From a rubbing by Mr. C, M. Drury.J

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Cogan, one of the followers of Strongbow, who built a castle here.
This castle, with almost all the lands of the parish, we are further
told, was granted by James I to Sir Eichard Wingfield, in reward for
his military services in Ireland. He was subsequently raised to the
peerage in 1618. From Archdall we learn that the estate passed at
Sir Richard's death to his relative, Sir Edward Wingfield (who was
" buried at Powerscourt," 1G38 — his wife having been buried, it is
stated, "in the Church of Stagonel " in 1G3G), and that the title
was revived in favour of Sir Edward's grandson by patent of 1G65.
With this peer (who was interred in the Cork. vault in St. Patrick's
Cathedral, 1717) the title once more became extinct, the estate
passing to his first cousin Edward Wingfield, Esq. ("buried at
Powerscourt with his last wife," 1728). The title, Viscount
Powerscourt, was revived a second time in the person of Edward
Wingfield's son, Richard, in 1748, who was interred "at Powers-
court," 1751. The third Viscount of (his creation was " buried at
Powerscourt," 1788. The family inscriptions inside the ruins of
this church (copied by me, June, 1905), it may be here mentioned,
with the exception of that to the late Viscount, evidently reckon the
title from its first creation, the above peer, who died in 1788, being
reckoned "fifth." The Wingfields are a Suffolk family, where
before the Norman conquest, Archdall says, they were possessed of
a castle from which, according to Camden, they took their name.
The same authority describes Lord Powerscourt's arms thus : —
"Pearl, on a bend ruby, cottised, diamond, three pair of wings
conjoined, of the field." Supporters: — " Twro pegasusses pearl,
with expanded wings, manes, and hoofs, topaz." Motto:' —
" Fidelite est de Dieu."

' The lands of Powerscourt (Feracualan) formerly belonged to
the O'Tooles. An account of the overcoming in single combat of
Fiach O'Toole is given in the Ordnance Survey manuscripts by
O'Curry, whose informant makes General Jacques Wingfield the
successful combatant. The Rev. P. L. O'Toole, in his " History of
the Clan 0? Toole," speaks in different places both of the above
Jacques Wingfield and also of Marshal Sir Eichard Wingfield as the
slayer, in 1599, of Phelim (or Fiach) O'Toole, the then head of the
clan, without any explanatory remark ; but from a note in Archdall's
Peerage, it seems probable that Jacques Wingfield died in 1587.-
O'Curry tells us that he had searched in vain for any remains of
O'Toole's Castle at Powerscourt House, but that, built into one of
the walls in the kitchen yard, was a head, in stone, of Fiach
O'Toole, having a resemblance to that of Daniel O'Connell.

' The remains of the old churr- ., the use of which was given up.
I believe, some fifty years ago, v ten the new church was erected,
show a rather large building* in t^e form of a block T, with a porch
at the "west" end — the church lying a little south apparently of due
east. The remains are unroofed and the masonry not the original

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height' In the walls of the nave, at each side, not far from the
west end, there is a considerable gap where no stonework appears
above ground. There are three trees inside, one at each end of the
church, and one about the centre, which last has grown to a great
size. From a passage quoted in Mrs. H. Madden's " Memoir of the
late Right Rev. Robert Daly, d.d., Lord Bishop of Cashel," who
was for a long time Roc tor of Powerscourt, it appears that the
furniture of the church suffered greatly in the rebellion of 1641.
Lewis, who calls the church " a handsome modem edifice," says
that it was enlarged in 1820 at an expense of £1,000.

' The porch, which had its entrance on the north side, shows the
place for a window on the west, and has above the centre of a door-
way, with flat top and cut granite sides, leading into the church, a
wedge-shaped block of another hind of stone, on which is inscribed
as follows ' : —

Iohn Stanley
Anthony Hicks
Church Wardens
1116

' On entering the church, to the left hand there are three mounds
without stones, and at the right, facing the east, a headstone,

" Erected by Viscount Powerscourt," to " Alexander

Robertson for 23 years Land Steward at Powerscourt," 1872.'

1 A white marble tablet on the south wail to the east of the above-
mentioned "gap" — surmounted by a draped urn backed by grey,
.and protected by painted boards jutting out from the wall in
" chevron " form — has the' following inscription in capitals with the
exception of the first word, which is in old English with capital
initial, and the texts, which are in ordinary lettering. The black of
the lettering in " fifth " and in the " eighth " of the sixth line has
disappeared, having perhaps been intentionally removed. See
prefatory notes ' : —

TO THE MEMORY OF
AMELIA VISCOUNTESS POWERSCOURT
EIGHTH DAUGHTER OF JOHN FIRST EARL OF ALDLOROUGH
WIDOW OF RICHARD FIFTH VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT AND
GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO RICHARD THE EIGHTH AND PRESENT VISCOUNT
AS DAUGHTER WILE MOTHER AND FRIEND SHE WAS EXEMPLARY
AND DISCHARGED THROUGH A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE
THOSE DUTIES WHICH THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER ENFORCES
AND WHICH THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER ALONE SUSTAINS
HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED NEAR TO THOSE OF HER HUSBAND

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WICKLOW.

HER SON RICHARD AND HIS THREE SONS
THE. MEMORY OF EACH OF WHOM AS CONSCIENTIOUS RESIDENT LANDLORDS
ARE [SIC] CHERISHED BY A GRATEFUL TENANTRY
HER CONSTANT COMPANION AND SORROWING DAUGHTER
MARTHA WINGFIELD ERECTS THIS TABLET
NOT IN THE VAIN HOPE OF BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS HER FEELINGS
BUT AS A RECORD OF DEPARTED WORTH
TO THE MEMORY OF A BELOVED MOTHER
SHE DIED ON THE 18th OF OCTOBER 1831 AGED 89 YEARS.

For all have sinned
and come short of the glory of God
Being justified freely by His grace
through the redemption that
is in Christ Jesus

' On the same wall, but beyond an aperture where was appa-
rently a large window, is a white marble tablet on a grey back. On
the upper part, which ends in an apex, there is carved the figure of
an angel with a branch (?) in the right hand, the left being uplifted.
Underneath are three shields, with, I believe, convex surfaces,
bearing inscriptions, below which, on the rectangular portion of
the memorial, is a fourth inscription, and lower down, on a circle in
relief, is carved a coat-of-arms, also in relief. The memorial is
protected above in the same manner as in the last case. The
inscriptions are in capitals, with the exception of the text.

< [Centre Shield] ' :—

SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF

RICHARD WINGFIELD

SEVENTH'" VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AUGUST 9 1823
I GED 33 YEARS

1 [Shield on the dexter side] ' : —

ALSO
OF

FRANCES THEODOSIA

HIS FIRST WIFE
DAUGHTER OF
ROBERT SECOND EARL OF ROD EN
WHO DIED MAY 10 1820
AGED 25 YEARS

* Fifth of the third creation.

WICKLOW.

216

« [Shield cn the sinister side] ' : —

ALSO
OF

THEODOSIA

HIS SECOND WIFE
D AUG H i EP. OF
THE HONWe HUGH HOWARD
WHO DIED DECEMBER 30 1836
AGED 36 YEARS

< [Tablet proper] ' :—

IT PLEASED GOD
THAT THEIR LIVES SHOULD BE SHORT
BUT THEY WERE EVENTFUL IN THE ANNALS OF THE POOR
THEY DIED HAPPY
IN THE HOPE OF EVERLASTING GLORY THROUGH CHRIST
THEY WERE LOVED IN LIFE
AND IN DEATH THEIR MEMORY IS CHERISHED
BY ALL WHO KNEW THEIR VIRTUES
OR FELT THEIR BOUNTY

Oh death, where is thy sting I Oh grave, where is thy victory I

( Below, Viscount Powerscourt's arms (see introductory notes)
are shown with coronet and supporters ; but I was unable to get
high enough to examine them closely. The tinctures are given, as
I recognized sable. The first and last letter of the motto (see above)
I could not perceive.'

1 A little further to the east is a tablet of polished red granite
with the following inscription in block capitals ' : —

' A little out from the Wall, in front of the first of the above three
memorials to the Powerscourt family, is a marble headstone on lime-
stone base, facing the east. The inscription is in lead, and in block

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WICKLOW.

capitals with the exception of the first three words, which are slightly
ornamental. The grave space within a curb of limestone was
covered by grass and moss, with geraniums in the form of a T ' : —

Just as I am — without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bicl'st me come to thee,
0 Lamb of God, I come !

' The Powerscourt vault occupies the corner to the right-hand
side of the graveyard, as one enters, and beyond it is a small gate
leading from Powerscourt House into the churchyard.'

' In my previous notes (page 182) I mentioned a memorial to
"Thomas Scott, park-keeper at Powerscourt — date, I think, 1744."
I find the date is 1745, and now give the inscription in full. It is
on a granite headstone, with slightly ornamental top, almost on a
line with the south wall of the church to the west, and facing a
little east of due south. TJie lettering is in capitals with the T's in
" Scott " conjoined ' : —

lU)T#&$JSi^^ m *<$Ul* BBC v>* . w„P

Here lyeth the j body of Mary Scott | wTife of Thos
Scott I Parkeeper [sic] at Powers- | -court who departed j
this life ye 9 of July | 1745 aged 56 years

'Another granite headstone adjoins it on the "east" side, on
which the inscription is also in capitals with the T's in "Scott"
conjoined, and the oblique stroke of the N in " son " reversed' : —

[To be continued.)

WICKLOW.

218

Wicklow Church ais«l Churchyard.

[From the Rev. it. S. Mafi'ett, b.a.]
{Continued from page 351, ml. iv.)

1 The Parish Registers of Wicklow are kept in a safe in the
vestry, and were very kindly shown to me by the Rector, the Rev.
P. B. Johnson, m.a., on my going down in June, 1907, to take
inscriptions in the cliui'chyard. The baptisms, I believe, begin
about the year 1055, and the marriages and burials in 1729. There
is also an old vestry book.

* At the head of the south aisle of the church there is inserted in
the flagging a stone with the following inscription in capital letters
about two inches high. The A's and H's have ornamental cross-
strokes ' : —

PI ERE . LYETH . THE . BO
DY. OF. MPv • ROBERT. BAKE11
WHO . DEPARTED . THIS
LIFE. THE. lltb- DAY. OF
FEBRYARY. 1711. AS
ALSO. THE. BODIES. OF
HIS . TWO . DAYGHTER8
MARY . AND . IYDITH -

1 In the large plot of ground to the right hand, as you enter the
churchyard by the gate situated at the south end of it, and not far
from this entrance, is a headstone so sunk in the earth that only
four lines of the inscription are above the level of the ground. The
lettering is in capitals (some of which are conjoined) with a few
small letters intermixed. The second surname might be " Lawles "
(for the spelling " Lawlis," see page 305, vol. iii of the Journal),
the only remains of carving in the space represented by the brackets
being the extremity of the lower part of a letter which might have
been an E (or L), bat not, I believe, a previous S, as one would
expect. There is nothing more on the stone, I think, than what is
given below ': —

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WICKLOW.

' Close to the above is a handsomely carved marble headstone to
William Desaix, 1907 (a very active churchman in all parish
matters, I was told). It was erected by his sister, who states on it
that her father and mother are also buried beneath. A stone similar
to the adjoining one stood here (both graves belonging, it is said, to
the family), but the erector of the monument had it laid flat and
covered up, I was informed, from a dislike to part of the inscription.
I was told that this stone had on it " Desaise," instead of the
original and present. spelling of the name.'

' Near the walk and not far from the above memorials is a
rounded headstone with the following inscription in capitals, which
appears on page 158, vol. iv of the Journal, but there without
any attempt to decipher the month. There is also, after the
Christian name and following dot, what appears to be the angle of a
V, or of the first part of a W. This part of the stone has flaked
off':—

david. [■•?;■•]

DECEAISD . (sic) [? MAY]
THE : FIRST :
1696

(To be continued.)

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NOTES.

Graveyard Scandal in County Kerry.

Revolting revelations were made at a Local Government Board
Inquiry held in February, 1007, by Dr. Browne, Medical Inspector
to the Local Government Board, at Tralee Workhouse, into an
application by the Rural Council for a Provisional Order to obtain
compulsory powers to acquire a small plot of land for the enlarge-
ment and fencing of the Killahan burial-ground, recently vested in
the Council, and for sanction to a loan of £200 for defraying the
cost of same.

Dr. Browne having formally opened the inquiry,

Mr. Haggard (solicitor for the Rural Council) said the condition
of the graveyard was of a very startling description. It was, and
is, in a disgraceful condition. There are no fences to keep out
cattle; and, as a matter of fact, cattle, horses, pigs, donkeys, and
all classes of animals go in there : in winter from the cold, and in
summer from the heat. The result is that they trample upon the
graves; and they actually sink down as far as the very coffins.
Human bodies were sometimes exposed.

Dr. Browne — That is the most terrible state of affairs I have
ever heard of : it is revolting.

Several witnesses were then examined, and bore out Mr. Huggard's
statement.

Mr. Counihan, the Rural Councillor for the division, said in-
stead of being the home of the dead the place was a repository for
muck.

For the opposition the facts were admitted, objection being
raised only to the acquisition of additional land, on the ground that
there was sufficient burial accommodation in the existing plot.

Dr. Browne, who said he never heard of anything so revolting
in his life, said he would go to the burial-ground and see for
himself. — Extract from the Daily Express for February 11th,
1907.

An Old Advertisement from a Dublin Newspaper.

From P. G. Maiioxy.

A Bargain — Family Vault; best position, Mount Jerome; iron
door, large classic monument ; no inscription ; cost £500 ; owner
leaving the country. No. 107 this Paper.

221

I have heard of this, but have not seen it : — For Sale. Family
Vault : situated in the most fashionable quarter of Mount Jerome.
Immediate possession may be arranged.

P. G. Mahony.

Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with
the Society of Antiquaries of London.

We are glad to notice that at last year's Congress proposals were
brought forward for a uniform system of recording Church and
Churchyard Inscriptions in England; and a Committee was
appointed to draw up a scheme. We wish the Committee every
success in the matter.

Journal of the A.P.M.D., Ireland.

I am very desirous of purchasing a copy of Memorials of the
Dead (Ireland), vol. ii, part 3, for the year 1891, which I need to
complete my duplicate set. I have a triplicate of vol. v, part 1,
No. 1 of it, which 1 would give or exchange.

John R. Garstix,

Braganstown,

Castlebellingham.

QUERIES.

The van Cruyskercken Family.

Henry van Cruyskercken, of Limerick, was born in Leyden and
settled in Limerick. In his Will, dated 27th February, 1727, proved
in the Prerogative Court, Dublin, on the 25th March, 1728, he
mentions " Catherine my well-beloved wife."

I am anxious to know her maiden name.

Henry and Catherine van Cruyskercken left two daughters, from
whom are descended several families in Limerick and Clare.

Alfred Molony,

12 Vincent Square Mansions,

Westminster, London, S.W.

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Ellis Family.

' I shall be much obliged for any information as to the parentage
of Thomas Ellis, of the town and county of Monaghan, whose
name appears in the Act of Attainder of James II, 1GS9.

He held lands called Lough Park and lands in Upper and Lower
Straberg and Stragarve. He joined with other gentlemen of
Monaghan in proceedings on a writ of scire facias for the repeal of
Letters Patent in the second year of Queen Anne. He was
probably bom circa 1650, and he died 9th August, 1714. In his
Will, proved 12th October following at Armagh, he desires to be
buried in the church of Monaghan. He married, secondly,
Elizabeth, daughter of John Harpur ; she was living 1719, and
she afterwards married John Thompson, of Killibandrick, County
Cavan.

Colonel H. Leslie-Ellis,

Magherymore, Wicklow.

Travers Family.

I should be grateful for dates of births, marriages, and deaths of
the Travers family during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

More especially for any information relating to the father and
grandfather of John Travers, Piegistrar of Cork, 1611.

They probably came from Lancashire, Cheshire, or Yorkshire. *
Old pedigrees give the father's name as Bryan ; grandmother's, " nee
Grace Kedman," of Harewood Castle, Yorkshire, married Travers,
of Nateby, Lancashire. Continuation required.

Mrs. J. 0. Travers,
At Shenstone, near Kendal, Westmoreland, England.

OMahony or Mahony Family.

I should be glad to know of any painting or engraving of
Count Daniel OMabony (the hero of Cremona, and known in
France as " le fameux Mahoni"). He died in January, 1714, at
Ocana, in Spain, and was then a Lieutenant-General, Count of
Castile, and Commander of the Military Order of St. Jago. He

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married as Ills first wife Cecilia Weld, daughter of George Weld,
and had issue by this marriage two sons — (1) James (baptized as
Joseph, 5th November, 1G99, at the old Chapel of the Castle,
St. Germain-en-Laye), a Lieutenant-General in the Neapolitan
Service, Knight of San Januarius, and a Count of France. He
married as his first wife Maria Magdalena Manso de Zunigaj Condesa
de Hervias ; and, as his second wife, Anne Clifford, eldest daughter
of Thomas Clifford, by the name of James Joseph, on the 22nd
December, 1739, at the Church of St. Sulpice, Paris. They had
issue an only child, Cecilia Carlotta Francesca Anna Mahony, born
27th December, 1740, who. married, 18th May, 1757, Prince
Benedetto Giustiniani. (See family of Earl of Newburgh in
Lodge's and Burke's Peerages.) (2) Demetrius OMahony, Count
of France, Conde of Castile, and Ambassador of Spain at Vienna,
ob. s. p.

Count Daniel OMahony was appointed a Lieutenant in the Earl
of Lichfield's Regiment, September 2oth, 1G88. He married,
secondly, Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Hon. Henry Bulkely,
and widow of Charles OBrien, fifth Viscount Clare.

Any information as to the ancestry of Count Daniel OMahony
would also be welcome.

Peirce Gun Mahony, Cork Herald.

Office of Arms, Dublin.

BOOK NOTICES.

A Brief Memoir of the Right Honourable Sir Ralph Sadleir,
Knight Banneret, r.c, m.p. By Thomas Ulick Sadleir,
Barrister-at-Law. Printed by Stephen Austin and Sons,
Limited, Hereford, 1907.

That Sir Ralph Sadleir was in his lifetime Principal Secretary
of State, Ambassador to Scotland, Warden of the East and Middle
Marches, Master of the Grand Wardrobe, Clerk of the Hanaper,

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Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, Lord Lieutenant of Herts,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and sometime Guardian of
Mary, Queen of Scots, fully shows what a prominent and important
personage lie was in his day, and certainly deserving of this
interesting and impartially written memoir of him by one of his
descendants, amongst whom are further included Lord Ashtown and
two Irish branches, the Sadleirs of Sopwell Hall and of Castletown,
both in the County Tipperary, whose pedigrees are given in the
Appendix to this memoir.

A native of Hackney, Middlesex, where he was born in 1507, Sir
Ralph Sadleir was brought up with Thomas, afterwards Lord
Cromwell and Earl of Essex, " the Mauler of the Monasteries," as
Carlyle calls him, and became his Secretary. When his patron was
elevated to the peerage, Sadleir was named a Gentleman of the
Privy Council, where his ability soon won the Royal recognition, for
Henry VIII sent him the following year on his first political
mission to Scotland. Its purpose included the reconciliation of
King James V of Scotland with his mother, the Queen Dowager,
who was Henry VIII's sister, in which (after making a journey to
France) he appears to have been successful ; but though little was
gained from the mission from a political point of view, Henry must
have been pleased with his envoy's diplomacy, as he granted him
that year an estate in Kent.

Henry next accredited him as Ambassador to James V ; but
though he did not succeed in breaking James's alliance with France,
or in getting the Scottish King to increase his revenue by putting
down the abbeys and religious houses, wdiich was Henry's chief
design, he was appointed soon after his return to England joint
Principal Secretary of State, and other honours quickly followed.
These high positions he attained at the early age of thirty-three, at
which time he witnessed the downfall of Cromwell, to whom ho
mainly owed his success, and, it is pleasant to learn, did not neglect
in his hour of trouble. In 1513, obedient to the King's command,
Sir Ralph Sadleir was again in Scotland; and in the " Sadleir State
Papers " we have a most interesting account of his doings at that
period in the Scottish capital. A settlement wras now arrived at
whereby Scotland was to break off the French alliance ; and King
Henry proposed to appoint Sir Ralph and Lady Sadleir to supervise
the education of the little Queen, afterwards best known as Mary,
Queen of Scots. This latter honour Sir Ralph declined, putting
forward his wife's unfitness through "lack of wit and convenient-
experience." Sir Ralph's marriage, which had taken place in 1583,
was surrounded with some mystery, for on the Oth of December,
1551, an Act of Parliament was parsed legitimizing his children.
In 1514, when the English invaded Scotland, Sir Ralph was again
employed, this time as Treasurer of the main army under Earl

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Hertford— a position he likewise held in 1548, besides being one of
the King's Council in the North, on which occasion the English
destroyed the beautiful Abbeys of Dry burgh and Melrose, when
altogether 7 monasteries, 1G castles, 5 towns, 243 villages, 13 mills,
and3 hospitals were " burnt, razed, and cast down."

In reward of his faithful service during these years Henry had
bestowed on Sir Ralph Sadleir large grants of the confiscated abbey
lands; so that in 1546 he was possessed of estates in no less than
seven counties ; and when Henry VIII died, in 1547, he left him a
legacy of 200 gold marks.

In the war with the Scots, during Edward's reign in 1547, only
for Sadleir and the Earl of Warwick, who hastily rallied the horse-
men, tin Scots might have won the day. During Queen Mary's
reign he seems to have lived a retired life at Standon ; but on the
accession of Elizabeth he was sent, as one of the English Commis-
sioners, to Scotland ; and seven years later he was appointed
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster— a most lucrative post. In
1572 he acted as guardian, for a few months, to Mary, Queen of
Scots, whilst imprisoned at Sheffield Castle, who complained
bitterly to him of her hitherto harsh treatment.

But, notwithstanding his previous long services, he was not
allowed to pass his old age in peace, as in 1584, when in his seventy-
eighth year, he was again sent to take charge of Mary, Queen of
Scots — a post from which he again and again wTrote to Elizabeth to
relieve him. His kindness to Mary was met with reproof from
Elizabeth. The old Knight remonstrated at this ; and when at last,
in April. 1585, Sir Amyas Paiilet arrived to relieve him, Sadleir was
expressly ordered to inform Mary that she would c< hereafter receive
more harder usage than heretofore she hath done." It was indeed the
irony of fate that Sadleir, who had held Mary in his arms when a
baby, should have been one of a Commission which, on October 25th,
15S6, condemned her to death. Little more than seven weeks after
she was beheaded, her former guardian (that position by which
he probably is now best remembered) died at his beloved Standon,
on the 30th of March, 1587, aged eighty.

He was buried, under a splendid marble monument with recum-
bent effigy, in Standon Church. There is an engraving of his tomb
in the Sadleir State Papers, which were first published in 1720, and
again in 1S09.

Sir Ralph Sadleir's son, Edward, was grandfather of Colonel
Thomas Sadleir, of Sopwell Hall, in the County of Tipperary, M.P.,
who was Adjutant-General of Oliver Cromwell's army in Ireland,
and founder of the Irish branches of the Sadleir family. Many
other historical incidents of interest are to be gleaned from Mr. T. U.
Sadleir's able Memoir, which unmistakably proves that, though some
of his negotiations proved fruitless, his ancestor, Sir Ealph Sadleir,

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was once held in very high estimation, and appropriately finds a
place amongst Fuller's " English Worthies."

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Sir Ralph Sadleir, 15<j7-15S7.
The portrait here reproduced is from a photograph of an original
painting of Sir Ralph Sadleir, now in the possession of the
Rev. Franc Sadleir, Rector of Newcastle Lyons, County Dublin, his
descendant. — C.

THE PARISH REGISTER SOCIETY OF DUBLIN.

The Registers of St. John the Evangelist, Dublin, 1G19-1099.

Edited bv James Mills, i.s.o., m.r.i.a. Published by Alex.

Thorn k Co., Ltd., Dublin.
The Registers of Sr. Patrick's, Dublin, 1G77-1800. Edited by the

Very Rev. J. 11. Bernard, d.d., r>.c l.. Doan of St. Patrick's.

Published by Alex. Thorn & Co., Ltd., Dublin.

The above volumes, which form the issue of the Parish Register
Society of Dublin for 1906, will rejoice the hearts of genealogists ;

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and if the succeeding volumes of this new Society keep up to the
level of the present ones, it will have fully justified its existence.
Within recent years abundant material for the writing of family
histories has been published, and much matter which had long lain
hidden has been brought to light, and rendered available by the
patient industry of workers in this field. The printing of many of
our national records, which had hitherto been almost inaccessible,
has rendered the genealogist's task comparatively easy ; but it is
no exaggeration to say that the rest are far surpassed in usefulness
by the publication of the Parish Pegkters. Many English registers
have been printed, and this Society has been formed to do the same
work for Ireland. Registers of ail the baptisms, marriages, and
burials which took place in the various parishes in England were
ordered to be kept by Thomas Cromwell ; but the first known
attempt at registration in Ireland was not made till 1617, when
Sir George Keare was appointed Public Piegistrar of all births,
marriages, and deaths in Ireland, though no registers kept under
this patent are known to exist. The office was apparently soon
abolished, through the public opposition to the payment of the
necessary fees, as evidenced by an influential deputation which
complained to the King about them in 1020. It was probably the
public feeling stirred up over this matter which induced the clergy
of St. John's to commence keeping a register of all the baptisms,
marriages, and burials which took place in the parish, as the volume
we have before us begins in the latter half of the year 1619, and is
the earliest parish register known to exist.

The district contained in St. John's Parish (in which the older
Parish of St. Olave was merged) included Fishamble Street with
St. John's Lane and the western end of Copper Alley," Smock Alley
(now Essex Street West)', Blind Quay (now Exchange Street Lower),
Essex Quay, Wood Quay, with the east end of Merchants' Quay ;
Winetavern Street, with the eastern part of Cook Street, A:c.

The importance of this parish is seen in the monograph by
Piev. S. C. Hughes, ll.d., Pector, who has traced among the names
found in the parish books for the period covered by this volume the
family or ancestry of fourteen ennobled families, besides many
bishops, judges, mayors, knights, and other celebrities. Mr. Mills
says that a large number of the houses lying near the river bank
were hostelries, and gave accommodation to the numerous strangers
who found their way to Dublin.

In turning over the pages of this volume, it is curious to note
that it was not till 1091 that in the baptismal entries the mother's
Christian name was entered, although it had been expressly ordered
by the canon of 1634.

Amongst the many point? of interest in these pages, the follow-
ing entry recalls a sad period in the history of Ireland. It runs
thus : u The Names of ye poore English who having fled to this

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Citie for refuge and Dyed in ye parish of St. John's, were buried
since 30 Dccemb. 1611."

In the Appendix to this volume we find extracts from, vestry
books and parish cesses, wherever these supply entries or names not
found in the Registers. A copious index of persons and place
names concludes a work which it would be impossible to praise too
highly.

The Registers of the Liberty of the Deanery of the Collegiate
and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, Dublin, do not go back further
than 1677, but are of exceptional interest on account of the number
of distinguished persons who were buried within the Cathedral or
its precincts. To make this publication more complete, the Dean
has, in an Appendix, collected and arranged in chronological order
such burial records as are not found in the Registers, but are
recorded elsewhere — e.g., in Monek Mason's Appendix to his History
of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and in Funeral Entries in Ulster's
Office. The baptismal and marriage entries do not appear Of
special importance, and in the case of the former the mother's
name was not included in the entries till 1707. But the burial
entries are of absorbing interest. The place of burial is usually
clearly specified, whether in the new or old churchyard, the French
church, or the vaults ; and, what is of more importance, the
residence of the deceased is often given. The Dean's Vicar fre-
quently made notes in the Registers — e.g., after the entry of burial
of Mrs. Elizabeth Harding, the 19th January, 1758, lie adds : " Mrs.
Harding was not inter'd till the 20th ; it was supposed that she
was not dead." The observations also of R. Kendrick, the parish
clerk, are extremely rmaint, as, e.g. (p. 71). he heads notes of two
baptisms with the remark: " This that follows was April 6th, but
I had not timely notice. I would be glad to enter all things in
regular order and due lime." Among: t the entries of burials of
notable people we find Lord Deputy Skeftington. at least three
Lord Chancellors, many legal and political officials, the Duke of
Schomberg, Dr. Dudley Loftus, Frances Jennings, Countess of
Tyrconnell, Nicola, Lady Beresford, and, lastly, the great Dean
Swift and Stella. But indeed the whole volume deserves careful
perusal, page by page.

It only remains to add that these two volumes are excellently
printed, and produced on strong hand-made paper.

Heraldic Badges. By A. C. Fox-Davies, Barrister-at-Law, Author
of Armorial Families. London : John Lane. Price 6s.

This is the first work of which we are aware treating of this
branch of heraldic science, and it tells us all there is to tell on the
subject. The heraldic laws as to the title and descent of such
devices, in what is now the United Kingdom at any rate, have been

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conspicuous by their absence. It is doubtful whether they ever
were generally hereditary, and indeed the use of identical badges by
persons entirely unrelated rather points to the fact that they were
not. This chaotic condition was probably due to the fact that the
custom of the great lords to have large bodies of retainers was
effectually stopped by the Crown before the authority of the Officers
of Arms was fully established.

We are pleased to rend at the end of Mr. Fox-Davies' treatise
that the Officer* of Arms in England have revived the ancient
practice of granting badges. In these cases there will be no doubt
as to their hereditary qualities, as they are all limited as a quartering
would be. We understand this action has been taken by the English
College of Arms only; but we sincerely trust that their example will
be followed by the heraldic officers in Scotland and Ireland.

Mr. Fox-Bevies gives at the end of his book a very full list of
badges. With the exception of the shamrock and harp (both
crowned) for Ireland, the only purely Hibernian instances given
are those of Lords Ilowth, Ormonde, and De Lacy.

Some fifty excellent illustrations help to add to the interest of
the book, which should certainly be on the bookshelves of all who
are interested in the gentle science. — E.G.

Coke of Norfolk and his Friends : The Life of Thomas William
Coke, First Earl of Leicester, of the Second Creation, containing
an account of his ancestry, surroundings, public services and
private friendships, including many unpublished letters from
noted men of his day, British and American. By A. M. W.
Stirling, and a supplement containing a full list of all the
descendants of the subject of this memoir, by the well-known
Genealogist, Mr. R. M. Glencross, ai.A%, f.r.s.a.i., with photo-
gravure and other illustrations.
To be published by John Lane, London and New York, in two

volumes. Price 32s. net.

Journal of tup: County Kildaee Archaeological Society.

This journal is one full of information for all interested in old
and quaint historical, literary, and artistic records. A glance at
the list of honorary officers is sufficient to ensure the reader of the
efficiency of the style and compilation of The Journal. Amongst
other things of interest are papers by members of the Society
descriptive of historical places, historical ballads and poems, short
notes on items of interest collected from the people, which would
otherwise be lost to future generations ; queries and answers very
helpful to searchers of genealogy, &c,, book notices and reviews.

The illustrations are very good, as, for example, that of the
"chimney-piece in Old Bawn House," which appears with an

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excellent paper contributed by Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of
Arms. In the last three parts of the Journal instalments have
been given of the original and very human "Autobiography of Pole
Cosby of Stradbally, Queen's County." The portion printed in the
number for July, 1907, is in some ways the most entertaining. It
is full of pithy character-sketches of contemporary notabilities.
For instance, " Judge Parnell dyed at Rathleigh of a fever in June
1727, was an agreeable man enough in company, good-humoured
and ready to oblige and full of ccmplysance and fine speeches but
that he was very insincere and full of derideings behind Backs, he
was but a so so judge he had neither the part nor knowledge yl his
high post required, he was but a mushroom, a man of no family at
all at all." The autobiography extends apparently from 1703-
1737. It is accompanied by elaborate chart pedigrees compiled by
Lord Walter FitzGerald, snowing Pole Cosby's relationship with
the Meredyths, Blunts, Berkeleys, Warrens, and other families of
note. The autobiography is to be continued in future numbers.
The Journal is one to be strongly recommended to all interested in
the County Kildare. — N.W.

Ball Family Records ; being Genealogical Memoirs of Anglo-Irish
Families of Ball, with Notes on some English and American
Balis. Second edition, enlarged and revised. Compiled by
the Rev. William Ball Wright, m.a. To be published by
Sampson Low, Marston, & Co., Ltd., 17a Paternoster Row*
London, E.C., in 1908. There will be 200 copies, at 10s. Gd.
each copy.

The following are the contents : — Chapter I. Early mention of
the name Ball. Chapter II. The family of Ball of St. Audoen's
Parish, Dublin, Ballygall, County Dublin, and Ballsgrove, County
Meath, with notices of Archbishops Henry and James Ussher;
Bartholomew Walter, Nicholas, Robert, and Edward Ball, Mayors
of Dublin. Chapter III. The Balls of Baldrummin, Parish of
Lusk, County Dublin. Chapter IV. The Balls of Enniskillen,
also of Cookestown, County Meath, and Philadelphia; with notices
of Rev. Thos. Ball, the famous schoolmaster, and of the Blackball
family. Chapter V. The Balls of Counties Armagh, Louth, and
Kilkenny, and of Ontario. Chapter VI. The Balls of Ardee, County
Louth, with notices of Sergeant John Ball, m.p. ; Judge Nicholas
Ball, John Ball, f.s.a., late President of the Alpine Club, and
Mother Frances Ball. Chapter VII. The Balls of Bampton,
County Devon, afterwards of Youghal and Dublin, with notices of
Dr. Robert Ball, the naturalist, and his sons, Sir Robert and Sir
Chas. Ball, and Dr. Valentine Bali. Chapter VIII. The Balls of
St. Mary's Parish, Dublin, with notices of James Benjamin Ball,
banker, and of Rt. Hon. John T. Ball, late Lord Chancellor of

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Ireland. Chapter IX. The Balls of Ballymoney, County Antrim,
and Shannon, County Donegal. Chapter X. The Balls of
St. Michan's Parish, Dublin. Chapter XI. The Balls of Hackney,
Middlesex. Chapter XII. The Balls of Richmond, Philadelphia.
Chapter XIII. The Balls of Virginia and Mary Ball, mother of
George Washington, Pictures of Lord Chancellor Ball and other
leading members of the several families, and their coats-of- arms, will
be inserted. Appendix of documents. Index of proper names.

History of the Family of Caiuxes ok Cairns axd its Coxxectioxs.
By Henry Cairnes Lawlor. Price 21s. net. Published by
Messrs. R. Carswell & Son, Belfast.

The author of this work has, after many years of careful
research, compiled a most elaborate genealogical history of the now
widely spread family of Cairnes, and its vast number of branches
and sub-branches, covering the six centuries commencing with the
beginning of the fourteenth century. The book is full of anecdote,
and of vast interest to all of the name, most of whom will find, if
not an unbroken pedigree, at least such links as will probably
enable them to trace one. Besides the many branches of the
Cairnes family fully recorded in the male lines, the book has more
or less exhaustive accounts of families descended from that of
Cairnes through females, among which are the following: —

Crichton of Cairns and Strat- The Earls of Huntingdon.

hurd. Elliot of Fermanagh.

Henderson of Donegal. Montgomery of LisdufY.

Singer. Montgomery of Springvale.

Seaver of Heath Hall. Montgomery of Killee.

Bellingham of Castlebellingham. Moore, of Moorehall, County
M'Clure of Belmont. Down.

Kirkpatrick of Kirkmichaei. Lawlor, formerly of Disert.

Maxwell of Drumcoltran. Donaldson.

Maxwell of Orchardton {with a M'Cartney of Leathes.

hitJterto mtpitblished account of Macartney of Lissanoure.

the dormant baromtcy of Hart- Hamilton of Craighlaw.

veil). Borthwick of Pilmuir.
Westenra of Monaghan. &c.

Interesting historical accounts of the following places are also
given : —

Cairns Castle (with illustration). Rossmore Castle {with illustra-

Orchardton Tower (with illustra- tion).

Hon). The Manors of Killyfaddy and

Torr, Auchencairne, Barnbar- Cecil.

roch, Kipp, Cults, &c, in the Pilmuir (with illustration).

Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. Lincluden Abbey.

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A special large quarto edition de luxe, limited to forty copies,
on hand-made paper, -half morocco, and containing list of sub-
scribers, &c, has been issued at £3 3s. A few copies of this are
still available.

Succession of Parochial Cleegy, United Diocese of Cashel and

Emly.

At the suggestion of several of the clergy, the Rev. St. John
Seymour proposes drawing up, and publishing in book form, a list
of Rectors and Curates for every parish in the United Diocese of
Cashel and Emly, from as early a date as possible.

This small volume in no way pretends to be a complete History
of the United Diocese : such a work to be properly carried out would
entail years of patient research, and would run into hundreds of
pounds. This book will principally consist of names and dates,
with some brief notes of interest on the clergy, building of churches,
&c, &c, and will be arranged on the following plan : — First there
will be given a list of Deans and other dignitaries for each diocese.
Then the present Unions (as far as they can be accurately deter-
mined) will be taken in alphabetical order, split up, and the Rectors
and Curates of each of the component parishes given, with dates of
Unions where recorded.

The work, which has the approval and support of the Rt. Rev.
the Bishop of Cashel and many of the clergy, ought to be extremeiy
interesting to every churchman in the diocese, as it will show at a
glance how each present parish came into being. Many men will
also be able to recognize the names of their ancestors and relatives,
and to trace their ascent from humble curates to dignitaries.

As the printing, binding, and publishing of the book, small
though it be, will entail a large expenditure, and as it cannot be
commenced until it is felt that there is a sufficient guarantee to
cover the net expenses, the author has determined to publish it by
subscription, and hopes that all will liberally support a work which
has never been attempted before, and which ought to prove a valu-
able diocesan record. Subscriptions of 3s. and upwards will entitle
subscribers to a copy of the work post free. After publication the
price will be raised to 4s. In the event of any unforeseen occur-
rence arising which might prevent the completion of the book, all
subscriptions will be returned in full. A list of subscribers will be
printed at the end of the volume.

Subscriptions should be se nt as soon as possible to the Author,
the Rev. St. John Seymour, u.d., Church House, Dovea, Thurles,
County Tipperary.

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The Editor of the Journal earnestly appeals to Members of
the Association, and others, to send him more material; and
not only Tombstone Inscriptions, but Photographs, Sketches,
and Rubbings, as these latter, when reproduced as illustrations,
are quite as important as the former.

It lies within the power of all to help, as, besides copying
inscriptions, extracts from trustworthy publications, dealing
with sepulchral monuments and lettered stono, are welcome to
our pages. In the latter case, the source they are taken from
should always be acknowledged.

The early Numbers of the Journal, viz., those forming •
Vols. I, II, and III, are now all out of print, and there are only
a few copies left of Vol. IV. Any member willing to dispose of
these volumes, or any of the Numbers separately, will kindly
communicate with the Honorary Treasurer accordingly, who
desires to procure some back Numbers for members anxious to
complete sets.

P E E F A C E

BE year 1903 marks the twenty-first year of the existence
of our Association, which, in spite of many difficulties,
has continued to prosper. Founded in 1888 by the late Colonel
Philip Doyne Vigors, f.r.sa.l, of Holloden, Bagenalstown,
County Carlow, the tirst Journal was issued in that year. The
Association then had a membership of 57, and its income was
only <£'21 12s. 6d., and the Journal comprised 36 pages.
Our membership now stands at 199, and includes 18 life
members and 31 libraries and societies. The income for 1908
has reached the sum of £150 9s. 5d., the largest ever received;
while our Journal for the year 190S comprises 350 pages,
including the Preface - and Funeral Entries. We are* glad to
announce that the following have become members of our
Association since December 1st, 1907: — The Most Rev. Richard
A. Sheehan, d.d., f.r.s.a.l, Bishop- of Waterford ; the Duke of
Leinster; The OConor Don, h.m.l. for the County Roscommon;
Rev. Canon Conlau, r.r., m.r.i.a. ; Rev. H. L. L. Denny;
J. Hewetson, Esq.; Charles E. A. Roper, Esq.; John Mulhall,
Esq., m.r.la. ; The Hon. J. D. FitzGerald, k.c. ; Captain B. J.
Jones ; William J. Reynolds, Esq. ; Pierce L. Nolan, Esq: ;
Thomas G. H. Green, Esq., m.r.i.a. ; Patrick Higgins, Esq. ;
Dr. Stanley Lane Poole, m.a. ; Mrs. Whish ; S. P. G. Davies,
Esq.; A. B. E. Hillas, a.b. ; V. Hussey- Walsh, Esq.; The
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston ; The
Office of Arms, Dublin ; and the Newberry Library, Chicago.

Our membership for 1908 shows au increase of 15 as
compared with our membership for 1907.

It is with the deepest regret that we have to record the
death of Sir Edmund Bewley, ll.d., f.s.a., m.r.i.a., and fji.s.a.i.,
who joined our Association in the year 1903, and came on the
Committee of Management in the same year. By his death we
have lost a kind friend, a distinguished genealogist, and an
accomplished classical scholar. The following notice is taken
from the Irish Times of 29th June, 1908 :—

" The name of Mr. Justice Bewley — to give him the title which
appertained to the culminating period of his legal career — will
always be associated with the administration of the code of Land
Laws which are the peculiar possession of this country. To him,
for many years, fell the duty of construing many difficult Acts of
Parliament which settled rights as between landlord and tenant.
Accordingly his name figures largely in the case-made law regu-
lating the tenure and possession of Irish land. But, in addition,
he found time to embark on work as an author, and was a
recognized authority on genealogy and kindred subjects. In his
various writings he evinced a ripe scholarship as well as a graceful
diction, and his grasp of detail was remarkable.

"Edmund T. Bewley was the only son of Dr. Edward Bewley,
of Moate, County Westmeath, who had an extensive medical
practice in the Midlands. His mother was one of the ancient
Mulock family, of King's County, whose history was recently
written by him. Sir Edmund Bewley was born in 1837, and was
educated at Trinity College, of which he was a Classical Scholar in
1857. His university career was marked by many successes,
and amongst the distinctions won by him were : — First Senior
Moderator and Gold Medallist in Experimental and Natural Science,
1859 ; Bachelor of Arts, 1800 ; Master of Arts, 1803 ; and Doctor
of Laws in 1885. In the old Queen's University he also took out
his Arts Degrees with honours, winning a gold medal for Experi-
mental Science in 1801. The following year he was called to the
Bar, and was soon in the enjoyment of an extensive practice. He
became a Queen's Counsel in 1882, and was elected a Bencher of
King's Inns in 1886. About this time he had attained a consider-
able name as a lawyer, and was standing counsel to Dublin
Corporation in the time of the late of Mr. J. M'Sheehy, Law Agent.
In 1881 he was appointed Regius Professor of Feudal and English
Law in Dublin University— a position which he filled until 1890,
when he was promoted to the Bench, and became Judicial Commis-
sioner of the Irish Land Commission, in succession to the late

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^Ir. Litton. Having filled this position with distinction for eight
years, he was coin pel led, by failing health, to retire from public life,
and on his retirement he was honoured by Queen Victoria with a
Knighthood of the Bath. Amongst his most important legal
publications were ' The Law and Practice of the Taxation of Costs '
(16G7); 'A Treatise on the Chancery (Ireland) Act, 18G7' (1868,
joint author) ; and 1 A Treatise on the Common Law Procedure
Acts' (1871). In 1902 he published the first" of his genealogical
works, - The Bewleys of Cumberland'; the second book, in which
he dealt with ' The Family of Mulock,' appeared in 1905, while his
last book, 1 The Family of Poe,' was issued in the following year.
It is interesting to note that in this work he traces the relationship
of the Irish family to that of the American poet, Edgar Allan Poe.
Sir Edmund Bewley was also a frequent contributor to many
antiquarian publications, such as 'The Genealogist' and 'The
Ancestor.' while his name has also figured in ' The Transactions of
the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian and Archaeological
Society.' His writings are remarkable for the historical knowledge
and deep research which they reveal, while their value in the domain
of family history is widely recognized. Sir Edmund Bewley held a
Commission of the Peace for the Counties of Dublin, Wicklow, and
Cavan. He married in 1866 Miss Anna Sophia Stewart Colles,
daughter of Mr. Henry Cope Colles, Barrister-at-Law, of Monkstown,
County Dublin. As a lawyer he was deeply read, and as an advocate
he was able and earnest. ■ He was serenely at home in dry-as-dust
legal arguments. On one occasion in the Court of Appeal he had
laboured for hours some knotty, abstruse points in a very dull case.
So dull was the case, indeed, that the only auditor besides the
bench of judges and the opposing counsel was one sleepy man in
the gallery. Lord Justice Barry, to whose sense of humour this
strongly appealed, furtively passed down a note to the counsel on
the other side, impressing the point of the missive with a droll
wink. On the note was written, ' If there is applause after this
speech, I will have the court instantly cleared.'

" As a judge, Sir Edmund Bewley earned a reputation for sound
legal acumen, as well as for rigid impartiality between landlord
and tenant. His bearing on the bench was full of quiet dignity,
and his style of conducting a court was as excellent as that of any
judge we know. A man of kindly, philanthropic nature, he was
associated in various ways with the cause of charity. The news
of his death will be learned with deep regret by a very wide
community, and especially by his legal friends, among whom he
was highly esteemed."

We also regret to record the death of the Earl of Drogheda.
who became a member of our Association in the year 1905, and
took a great interest in our work.

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The objects of our Association are as follows : —

I. — To endeavour to rouse the attention of the Clergy and

Laity to the present generally very disgraceful state of
the burial grounds in Ireland, and to enlist their sympathy
and active aid in getting fehem into better order, and
enclosed, where they require it ; to strive to have them
preserved and protected, and treated with the respect and
veneration due to than.

II. — To secure a record of all existing tombs and
monuments of any interest— by having their inscrip-
tions carefully and accurately copied ; and to obtain
information, as far as possible, regarding those that have
been removed or destroyed.

III. — To watch carefully works carried on in, and about, churches,

&c, so as to prevent injury to monuments
and tombstones.

IV. — To repair tombs of National interest where the

present representatives of the deceased are not in a
position to do so, and when the funds admit of it — as
has been done in the case of Richard Millikin's tombstone
at Douglas, Co. Cork (the author of " The Groves of
Blarney "), and several other tombs.

V. — To print a Journal, with illustrations and copies of
inscriptions, and also such other matter connected with
the Ancient Memorials of the dead in this country as may
be thought desirable.

VI. — The printing of extracts of interest from chapter-books,
parochial and other registers and records, is thought very
desirable ; and the Clergy are earnestly requested
to furnish them, as well as any other information
they can give connected with their churches and parishes,
and used and disused burial-grounds.

VII. — Accounts of ancient fonts, bells, church plate, and
memorial glass, are also requested, with sketches, photo-
graphs, or rubbings ; and copies of inscriptions and
" Hall-marks " thereon.

A circular, an extract from which is here reproduced, was
issued together with two specimen pages and an illustration
of the Journal this year : —

"The Committee of the Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead in Ireland earnestly appeals to all interested
in the preservation of the memorials of the dead in Ireland to send

to the Honorary Editor, for insertion in their Journal, copies of
inscriptions from tombstones and tablets, as well as descriptions of
any coats-of-arms thereon (or photographs, sketches, and rubbings
of them, as the latter when reproduced as illustrations are quite
as important as the former), and such other material down to the
year 1861 as may be suitable for the Journal, such ;is extracts
from chapter-books and registers. Descriptions of ancient fonts,
bells, church-plate, and memorial glass, with sketches, photographs,
or rubbings, and copies of inscriptions and hall-marks thereon,
will also be useful. It is within the power of all to help, as,
besides copying inscriptions, extracts from trustworthy publications,
dealing with sepulchral monuments and lettered stones, are also
welcome. . In the latter case, the source they are taken from should
.always be acknowledged."

The following are some of the reviews of our Journal for
the year 1907. We tender to the respective Editors our warmest
thanks for the reviews and support that they have given us.

"The Antiquary,"* November, 1907, New Series, vol. iii,
No- 2. page 484 (vol. xliii, from commencement) : —

" We have received the new part (No. 1 of Part I. for 1907) of
the ' Journal of the Irish Association for the Preservation of the
Memorials of the Dead ' — a Society whose work we took occasion to
•commend a few months ago. This part of eighty-eight pages, plus
twenty-four of ' Funeral Entries,' contains a great number of
monumental inscriptions of varying interest and importance. The
preservation of all is important to genealogists and all interested
in family history. It may be noted, too, that coats-of-arms on
monuments are often of great use as evidence for Confirmations of
Arms. Such Confirmations are only granted by the Ofiiee of
Arms, Dublin, where proof can be given of the user of a certain
•coat in a family for at least 100 years ; and among the various
forms of proof accepted — old seals, book-plates, and so on — are
arms on monuments. In the part before us pp. 78-85 are of
unusual, if rather ghoulish, interest. These pages contain a very
vivid description of the vaults under St. Michan's Church, Dublin,
and of their extraordinarily heterogeneous contents — tombs, coffins,
and human remains. The account is illustrated by two plates,
one depicting the interior of one of the vaults with its open
Collins, and the other, which we are kindly allowed to reproduce
on this page, showing the recumbent effigy of a bishop, supposed
to be that of the founder of the church, St. Michanus. which
occupies a niche in the south wall of the nave, above the vaults,

* Published by Eliot Stock, iY2 1'atevnoster Bow, London.

and represents him in alb, chasuble, and mitre, holding a pastoral
staff. It is of granite, but has been whitewashed over. The
' Funeral Entries,1 or certificates, mentioned above, and which
are separately paged, are copied from a manuscript volume now in
the British Museum. This volume is one of a series of eighteen
preserved in the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle. How it became
detached and found its way into the British Museum is not known,
but the copy, of which the first instalment is here printed, has
been made to fill the gap in the Dublin set. The Entries, says
Lord Walter Fit/Gerald, the editor, ' date from the end of the
sixteenth century to the commencement of the eighteenth, when
the practice of the Ulster King of-Arms of the period, or his deputy,
officially attending the funeral ceremony at the request of the
relatives of the deceased, was practically discontinued ; in those
times, on the receipt of a fee, the demise was duly registered in
Ulster's Office.' Mr. Peirce Gun Mahony, Cork Herald, informs
us that Funeral Entries can still be made for a fee of £3, and
further points out that in the second edition of f The Right to Bear
Arms,' by 'X.' (published by Mr. Eliot Stock), a very good
account is given of the history of Funeral Certificates in Ireland.'*

"The Kilkenny Moderator," 15th April, 1908 :—

" We have before us an interesting circular, which has just been
issued, in which the Committee earnestly appeals to all interested
in the preservation of the memorials of the dead in Ireland, to send
to the Honorary Editor (Lord Walter FitzGerald, m.r.i.a., Kilkea
Castle, Mageney, County Kildare), for insertion in their Journal,
copies of inscriptions from tombstones and tablets, as well as
descriptions of any coat-of-arms thereon (or photographs, sketches,
and rubbings of them, as the latter when reproduced as illustrations
are quite as important as the former), and such other material
down to the year 1864, as may be suitable for the Journal, such as
extracts from chapter-books and registers. Descriptions of ancient
fonts, bells, church-plate, and memorial - glass, with sketches,
photographs, or rubbings, and copies of inscriptions and hall-marks
thereon, will also be useful.

" This Association was founded in 1SSS by the late Colonel
Philip Doyne Vigors, of Holloden, County Carlow, who entered
upon the duties of Honorary Secretary with such zeal and
enthusiasm that in the course of a short period he had accumulated
and published an amount of matter of so much interest and
importance in this spe cial sphere of antiquarian research, that the
foundations of the Society were laid on a deep, solid, and an
enduring basis. A feeling of universal satisfaction was experienced
in the ranks of the Irish antiquaries, when the office of Honorary
Secretary left vacant by Colonel Vigors' death was accepted by
Lord Walter FitzGerald, one of our most eminent archaeologists

and antiquaries, an able and a facile writer on these and kindred
topics, as was his father, the 4th Duke of Leinster, author of 1 The
Earls of Kildare,' whose death evoked so touching a tribute of
regard and esteem from the late Queen Victoria. Lord Walter
FitzGerald has been a voluminous contributor to archaeological
publications at home and abroad, and his success as Honorary
Editor of the ' Journal of the Association for the Preservation of
the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland,' has placed that most
interesting and invaluable publication in the front place of every
similar work ever before brought out."

*' The Antiquary,"* April, 1908, New Series, vol. iv, No. 4,
page 152 (vol. xliv from commencement) : —

"No. 2 of part 1 for 1907 (vol. vii) of the 'Journal of the
Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in
Ireland ' is a substantial number, with numerous illustrations of
slabs, inscriptions, and arms. It contains copies of inscriptions
from many parts of Ireland. Several of the illustrations show
inscriptions which are now partially or wholly illegible. In
Limerick Cathedral, for example, there is a mural slab to a prior
of the Augustinians, who died in 1531, one word of the inscription
on which is quite illegible. On another slab in the same church a
name has been similarly obliterated by time. These instances serve
to show how useful a function the Association is now performing ;
for many of the inscriptions which it has faithfully copied and
preserved in this and the preceding volume will be equally illegible
before many more years have passed. Facing p. 128 a good plate
is given, from a rubbing by Lord Walter FitzGerald, of a curiously
sculptured slab in Limerick Cathedral. The narrow brown slab
bears grotesque animals, foliage, and a cross, all cut in bold relief.
It is curious to find a slab in Dunlavin Church, County Wieklow,
commemorative of the generosity of a cornet, Anthony Hathorne,
1G81. The American novelist's ancestors, who went to New England
from Wiltshire, all spelt their name 'Hathorne.' The part, which
also contains a further instalment, separately paged, of the ' Funeral
Entries of Ireland,' is full of valuable matter. Besides the copies
of inscriptions, there are many genealogical and heraldic notes, which
increase the value of the Journal to all students of genealogy and
family history."

"The Genealogist,"* July, 190S, New Series, vol. xxxv,

part 1, page 71 : —

"It is impossible to take up one of the 'Journals of the Associa-
tion for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland '

* Published by Eliot Stock, 02 Pa.ternos.ter Bow, London.

j Published by William Pollard and Co., Limited. Exeter, England.

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without admiring the energy and public spirit of those who are
combining to rescue from oblivion and destruction the memorials of
past ages, and without a strong feeling of regret that a similar
society is no longer in existence in England. The Association
owes much to its Editor, Lord Walter FitzGerald, who hits been
indefatigable in promoting its objects, and who has contributed a
considerable proportion of the inscriptions contained in this volume.
Among so many interesting monuments it is difficult to make a
selection, and we have space to mention only a few ; but the Dermont
slab now in the Roman Catholic Church at Lusk ; the tomb, of
Maud Plunkett in Malahide Churchyard, with the well-executed
illustration accompanying it ; and the inscriptions from Trinity
College, Dublin, are all worthy of special mention. At p. 35
appears the inscription on a tablet in Glasnevin Churchyard to
Dr. Delany, Dean of Down, husband to the witty and talented
Mrs. Delany ; and on p. 47 we notice the monument erected by
Chief Justice Keatinge to his wife Grace, whose first husband, Sir
Richard Shuckburgh, of Shuckburgh,. County Warwick, was a
valiant cavalier. As a Supplement to the Journal, with a separate
pagination, some Irish Funeral Entries are in this volume com-
menced, and should prove a great attraction to subscribers. These
have been copied from a manuscript now in the British Museum,
but formerly belonging to the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle. It is
curious that a few of these certificates relate to English people who
resided chiefly in Norfolk and Suffolk, and whose connexion with
Ireland is not apparent."

" Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society,"*
July, 1908, vol. v, No. G, page 468 :—

" Just twenty years ago the late Colonel P. D. Vigors founded
the ' Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead
in Ireland,' with the principal object of recording in print all tomb-
stone inscriptions throughout the length and breadth of Ireland.
This important and very extensive work is still being carried on ;
and, judging by the two parts of the Jouexal for 1JJ07, it is being
well kept up to its former high standard.

4£ The older, and the more illegible, an inscription is, the greater
is the necessity of recording it before it is too late ; and not only is
weather-wear to blame for obliterating an inscription, but frequently
sheer wantonness or culpable carelessness has been the means of
destroying many an interesting memorial of the dead. Ancient slabs
have been utilized as foundations for a church stove ; others have
been converted into steps for the churchyard stile ; and in a dozen
different ways they have been made use of by vandals or ignorant

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persons to serve any purpose except what they were originally
intended for ; and this has been done, as a rule, to save the
expenditure of a few shillings.

" This vandalism is of an ancient date, as Hanmer, in his
4 Chronicle of Ireland,' compiled in 1571 (page 346 of the edition
of 1809), states that Richard le Marshall, Lord of Leinster, who
died from wounds received in a battle fought on the Curragh in
April, 1233, ' lieth buried by his brother William in the Blacke
Fryers at Kilkennye, which was the foundation of William, Earl
Marshall, his father. His tombe (with the iombes of eighteene
Knights that came over at the Conquest, and resting in that Abbey),
at the suppression of that Monasterie, was defaced, and inhabitants
there turned them to their private uses ; and of some they made
swine-troughs, so as there remaineth no Monument in the said
Abbey, save one Stone, whereupon the picture of a Knight is
portraied, bearing a shield about his necke, wherein the Cantwels'
armes are insculped ; and yet the people there called it ' Ryddir-in-
Curry,' that is, ' the Knight slaine at the Curraghe.'

"Another instance is that of the tomb of Gerald, eighth Earl of
Kildare (who died in 1513), erected by him in the Lady Chapel
of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in 1503, and which was
demolished between the years 1677 and 1705 by the Very Rev.
William Moreton, Dean of Christ Church (and afterwards Bishop
of Kildare), when he was making some alteratious in the Cathedral
buildings.

"In the last number of the Journal, too, Mr. H. F. Berry con-
tributes an inscription (copied in 1891 by the Rev. Maurice Day)
from a FitzGerald slab, dated 1711, belonging to a Waterford mer-
chant, which now lies wme feet below the chancel floor of the Cdthedral
at Waterford ; surely at the time of the alterations in the Cathedral
in 1891 it was somebody's business to have seen that this slab
should not have been buried, for all time probably.

" These and many other instances all show the urgent necessity
of describing and illustrating old monuments, and not only those
of an ancient date, but also modern tombstones, as they are liable
to destruction by the collapse of a part of the church ruin, or the
fall of a tree ; while others become sunk deep in the ground, or (if
a flat slab) get covered with clay from an interment beside it, and
so in time a sod forms, and the slab is lost to view.

" When the Association is doing such valuable work, both lor
the antiquary and for the genealogist, it is a pity that it does not
meet with the support it deserves, as its list of members is by no
means as long as it should be. All who take an interest in the
Association's work are welcome to its ranks; and if any of our
members would like to join, all they have to do is to communicate
with the Hon. Treasurer, E. R. McC. Dix, tu.k.i.a., 17 Kildare
Street, Dublin."

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The Freeman's Journal, Tuesday, August 4th, 1908r
page 4 : —

44 The publication of the Journal for 1907 of the Association
for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland will,
we hope, serve once again to call attention to the invaluable work
in the fields of Irish History and Archaeology of an organisation
which is little known to the public, and is not fully or even fairly
appreciated by those who profess to be interested in the preservation
of [rish antiquities, or dabble in the abstruse sciences of genealogy
and heraldry. It is the unhappy fate of the antiquary either to be
wholly neglected or looked on as an amiable lunatic, whose labours
are about as practical and profitable as those of the faithful few
who seek a crock of gold where the rainbow rests. We are afraid
the list of members of the Association winch is given in Part II. of
the Journal is eloquent of this contempt. The membership roll
does not number two hundred names, and of this total a com-
paratively large percentage is British or foreign. Of course, it may
be that the Association and its work have been overlapped and
overshadowed in some degree by what may be called the parent
organisations — the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Society of
Antiquaries — but even if we allow this excuse, it is difficult to
believe that there are little more than one hundred people in Ireland
who care to the extent of ten shillings a year for the preservation
of the Memorials of our Irish Dead. It must be confessed with
regret that past experience has given us little reason to hope for
the future. We may bo forgiven if, turning for a moment to a
branch of work which does not come strictly within the scope of
the Association, we say that in Dublin alone the Memorials of the
Dead have been shamefully neglected. The lettered alien who
visits us must often suspect Dublin of having lost that pride in the
past which should belong to tl:e capital of a nation. Where, for
. instance, is the house in which Swift was born ? Obliterated years
ago. Not one stone stands on another, no tablet marks its site,
and he that is anxious to know what it looked like, must turn to a
drawing in a scarce memoir by the late Sir William Wilde. Again,
where are the tablets which should tell us the houses of Grattan,
Flood, Forster, Curran, Yelverton, Plunket, Bushe, Clare, Clonmell,
Castlereagh, and the other archangels and archdemons of the
strenuous political life of the eighteenth century? Where is the
tablet which should mark the house of 0 Connell in Merrion Square,
and what excuse can we advance for neglecting the birth-places or
residences of Burke, Mangan, George Petrie, Madden, 0 Donovan,
Charles Halliday, and Lady Morgan ? Yet we enjoy the inheritance
they left us, and their iifu-work has gone to make Ireland famous:
among the nations for statesmanship, archaeology, and letters. If
what is obvious and to our hands is thus ignored, there is little for

surprise in the fact that the ruined churches, the mutilated effigies,
the half obliterated epitaphs, and the overgrown churchyards of
the countryside should lie forgotten except by the Jonathan
Oldbucks of such a valuable organization as that whose work for
1907 lies before us.

"The Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
Dead in Ireland has now some twenty years of most useful labour
behind it — labour which in the main cannot but be of the highest
value in the future to the archaeologist and the historian. In view
of what we have said about the scanty support which the Associa-
tion receives, it may be not out of place to state briefly its objects.
They are, in the first place, to call the attention of the clergy and
laity to the li very disgraceful state " of many of the burial-grounds
in Ireland ; to secure a record of all existing tombs and monuments
of any interest, and to guard them from injury ; to repair tombs of
national interest, and to print extracts from chapter books and
parish registers, and accounts of ancient fonts, bells, church plate,
and memorial glass. It will be seen from this skeleton outline of
its programme, that the Association has undertaken its labour of
love in one of the most neglected fields of Irish archaeology; yet in
spite of the pride which the cultured Irishman is supposed to
take in the yesterday of his race, the interest shown by local
antiquaries — on whom alone the Association depends — is on the
whole very lukewarm. We therefore endorse the appeal made by
the organization to the clergy of the country to assist it in its
wTork of observation. There is no educated class in the community
who can do so much in this respect. They are the custodians of
graveyards, registers, chapter books, fonts, bells, church plate,
monuments, and memorial glass— in fact, ready to their hands
there lies a wealth of material of intense interest from the
ecclesiastical, archaeological, and genealogical point of view. The
turning of a key in a vestry press will discover many quaint and
interesting facts that lie mouldering and forgotten ; the brushing
aside of the pall of rank weeds and grasses which nature — more
careful of the memory of the dead than vandal man — has woven
over them in congested graveyards may reveal an inscription of
great historical and genealogical value — as in the case of the
monument to the descendant of Bishop Bedell in Belturbet Church.
The value of the work which is being done by the Association c;m
best be realised when we recall the vicissitudes of Irish ecclesiastical
buildings. During the centuries they have passed through almost
every kind of trouble. They have been sacked, pillaged, burnt, and
secularised ; their records have been scattered or destroyed ; their
monuments defaced, outraged, and dishonoured; their plate stolen
and melted down, and to-day comparatively little remains to tell of
the ancient splendour of the Irish Church. The ruined shell of an
abbey, the mutilated effigy of a pious founder, or a broken altar-

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tomb, its inscription half illegible, is too often the only remnant of
some once great ecclesiastical foundation. It is to these melancholy
waifs of antiquity — as well as more modern memorials — that the
Association tries to extend its protection ; and we venture to express
the hope that its labours will receive a more generous recognition.

" The packed pages of the two volumes of the Journal for 1907
show how widespread and intensely interesting have been the
labours of the members of the Association during the year. They
contain reports from twenty-eight counties, and in the City and
County of Dublin alone no fewer than eighteen graveyards have
been laid under contribution. Perhaps the most immediately inte-
resting of the inscriptions are those taken from the weather-worn
and little- known tombs which lie — to our mind shamefully — exposed
to the elements at the back of Trinity College Chapel, where they
were placed when the old Chapel was rebuilt in 1798. From there
we have the epitaphs of Provost Baldwin, whose monument stands
in the College Theatre ; of Sir William Temple, another Provost,
who sat for the College in the Irish House of Commons from 1613
until 1G27 ; of Provost Francis Andrews, the 'Bumperoso' of
* Baratariana,' the lover of Dolly Monroe and the object of Town-
shend's rhyming jibes at his infatuation ; of Luke Challoner, one of
the founders of Trinity ; and of John Stearne. Next in interest —
so far as Dublin is concerned — is the information collected in Old
Glasnevin Graveyard, one of the half-dozen reputed burial-places of
Robert Emmet. From this ancient burial-place inscriptions have
been taken from the tombs of Thomas Tickell — 1 whose highest
honour was that of being the friend of Addison ' — William Orr
Hamilton, Dr. Patrick Delany, and the famous ' Jackey ' Barrett,
some time Vice-Provost of Trinity College. There is also some
little interest attaching to the epitaphs taken from the Trevor
monument in St. Paul's Protestant Church because of the*, statement
made a few years ago that Emmet's remains were placed in the
Trevor vault by the grace of Dr. Trevor, Superintendent of lulmain-
ham Jail in 1803. We can only indicate the wealth of material
which is to be found in the Journal of the Association ; but we
must make reference to the finely reproduced series of illustrations of
medieval tombs and effigies. Chief amongst these is the uninsenbed
effigy of a mail-clad figure in Timolin graveyard. In spite of the
fact that the shield bears a rude attempt at arms, the effigy is
unidentified, but it is supposed to be that of Robert Lord of Norragh
(Narraghmore), who founded a nunnery at Timolin early in the
reign of King John, and the oldest knight's effigy in Ireland.
Other interesting plates are those showing the Dermont slab in
Lusk Catholic Church (circa 15,37;, the Maud Plunkctt tomb in
Malahide (fifteenth century), the Pory * bui ' MacMahon slab at
Kilmore, County Meath \l-')7b), and the Muirgheas O'Concannon
slab at Abbey Knockmoy, County Galway, supposed to date from

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the twelfth or thirteenth century. In all there are thirty-two most
valuable illustrations in the Journal, which also contains an
illustrated account of the celebrated vaults under St. Michan's
Church, written by Sir Arthur Vicars twenty years ago. In
printing a selection of Irish Funeral Entries the Editor, Lord
Waiter FitzGerald, says that Ulster King-of-Arrns refused the
Association permission to publish the Entries in their entirety.
These valuable documents exist only in manuscript, and, as the
Editor points out, referring to the disappearance of the Insignia of
St. Patrick, they are not safe either from loss or destruction.
Perhaps the new regime in the Office of Arms may be less conserva-
tive and grant permission to have the documents put into a form
which would at least make posterity to some extent independent of
thievish designs or destruction by fire. At present one of the
volumes of the set of Entries is in the British Museum, and no one
seems to know when or how it migrated from the Castle Yard to
Bloom sbury."

'•' The Anglo-Celt/' August 29th, 1908, page 3 :—

"The latest issue of the 'Journal. of the Association for the
Preservation of the Memorials of the Bead in Ireland ' (vol. vii,
No. 2 of part I, 1907), which is now in the twenty-first year of its
existence, shows unabated zeal and industry on the part of its
devoted conductors, and of its equally voluntary supporters through-
out the greater part of Ireland. In no country is there so much
need of an Association of this kind as in Ireland, where the grave-
yards as a rule are left in a most discreditable condition, and even
historic family tombs allowed to fall to pieces for want of a little
timely attention on the part of those who ought to be most
interested in their preservation. Even to those to whom graveyards
themselves are places to be shunned, the long and varied list of
•mortuary inscriptions reproduced in this Journal forms very curious
'and interesting reading ; whilst the numerous and excellent illus-
trations of the more historic and elaborate tombs given in this
number add very considerably to its attractiveness. If these
voluntary helpers are not as numerous as perhaps might be expected,
it can only happen through the aims and work of the Association
not being yet sufficiently well known, for what task could be better
than to copy out the older and more interesting inscriptions to be
found in all our churchyards, and to forward them to the Honorary
Editor of the Journal, Lord Walter FitzGerald, m.e.i.a., Kilkea
Castle, Mageney, County Kildare. in order to ensure their publica-
tion in due course in the Journal? The present issue affords
distinct proofs of the determination of its Editorial Committee to
extend the field of its usefulness ; for in its preface, for example, is
to be found a very interesting and useful narrative of the origin

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and development of funeral certificates or entries, together with a
list of the fees that- used to be paid for making a funeral entry in
the Office of Arms in Ireland. It is not generally known that
funeral entries can still be made, and that the present fee for that
purpose is now £3. At the end of the Journal there is a con-
tinuance of some funeral entries of Ireland, taken from a MS. in
the British Museum, whilst the Notes and Queries, Book Notices,
and notifications of forthcoming books, of a kind likely to prove of
interest to members of the Association, are of a most serviceable
and entertaining character. A mere cursory glance through the
pages of the present or previous portions of the Jouknal would, we
feel confident, serve to enlist the continuous work of the Association
in the very laudable endeavour to have proper attention paid to the
hitherto sadly, if hot shamefully, neglected memorials of the dead,
not merely in one locality, but all over Ireland. We hope that
some of our readers will send copies of inscriptions from tombstones
and tablets as well as descriptions of any eoat-of-arms thereon or
photographs, sketches, or rubbings of the same, in order that the
Editor may have plenty of material for future numbers of the
Journal. "

" Notes and Queries,"* Tenth Series, vol. x, page 360,

October 31st, 1908: —

" The membership of the 'Association for the Preservation of
the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland ' now stands at 184, an
increase of 28 as compared with the numbers for 1906. At Tenth
Series, vol. viii, page 118, we spoke of 'the excellent and much-
needed work' which is being done. The present parts of the
Journal for 1907 fully maintain the repute of the Association.
There are several illustrations of arms, effigies, etc., and interesting
notes are added to some of the inscriptions. Thus in Tiunacia;-h
Graveyard, County Carlow, the grave of John Cherry, wTho died in
1861, includes the words { The [black sheep] of this [parish] know
that I'm lying here, they may [vote] as they please, for they have
no one to fear.' The words in brackets were obliterated to avoid
offence, but were supplied by a man of ninety-four. John Cherry
was 'a low-set, hardy stump of a man,' who 'was disturbed in his
mind,' never wore shoes, and lived on the bounty of his countrymen.
Two records in Kilgullane Churchyard commemorate the conflagra-
tion caused by a young man who attempted to put out a fire in a
barn, where there was dancing, with a large jug of spirits, which he
thought was water. Under Monanimy Churchyard, Cork, it is
noted that 'not a vestige of the ancient church survives — a circum-
stance, perhaps, unprecedented in this country.' There are several

* Published by John C. Francis and J. Edward Francis, Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, London, E.G.

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inscriptions of prominent members of Trinity College, Dublin. The
tomb of Tickeli at Glasnevin explains that 1 his highest honour was
that of having been the friend of Addison. Lord Walter FitzGerald
comments on several early inscribed slabs.

"There is a section of 'Notes and Queries'; and some Irish
funeral entries or certificates, from the end of the sixteenth century,
are printed from a manuscript'volume in the British Museum (Add.
MS. 4820). This is one of a set preserved in the Office of Arms,
Dublin Castle. The Editor notes that ike Council of the Associa-
tion wished to publish all the Irish funeral entries which exist only
in manuscript ; but apparently the Ulster King-pi- Arms refused the
necessary permission. We share the editorial regret at this decision,
which seems to us short-sighted, to say the least.

41 The Association prints its transactions in beautiful, clear type,
and nothing is lacking which scholarship and energy can provide.
A slight perusal of the pages before us will show that its labours
are needed, not only to read and preserve the d/xvSpa ypdjipara of
many an inscription, but also to awaken the sense of reverence and
care for the records of those who have gone before."

The Daily Express, November 10th, 190S, page 2 : —

" Having the voluntary societies labouring in our midst and
accomplishing a great deal of valuable but unobtrusive work for
the benefit of the historian, the antiquarian, and the geologist, the
Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead
deserves a share of the public support, and also to have its objects
more generally known than they are at present. The Association,
which owes its origin to the kite Colonel Vigors, of Bagenalstown,
Co. Carlow, has already been in existence for twenty years ; and in
the seven volumes of its annual J<>ui:nal. a copy of the last
number of which is before us, a record of most useful investiga-
tion and research has been accumulated, which fully justifies its
foundation, and entitles it to a more generous recognition than it
lias hitherto enjoyed. The Association devotes itself to the
preservation of our ancient graveyards, and to making a record of
the more important inscriptions on tombstones and tablets to be
found within them, which, in the course of nature, would gradually
become lost through process of time and decay. In this way many
valuable items of parochial and family history are being saved
from oblivion, as well as other interesting facts connected with the
forgotten dead, which their memorials still retain as a neglected
story. Thanks to the efforts of the County Councils in several
places, many of the venerable burying-grounds which Ireland
contains have been rescued from a condition of disorder and
mouldering decay. This Association has also done a large amount
of similar creditable work by arousing interest in it on the part of

clergy and laity. With this as its principal purpose, its other
objects are to secure a record of all existing tombs and monuments
of any interest, to prepare memorials of national interest, and print
extracts of value from chapter books, parochial and other registers
and records of early date. All these objects are forwarded, and the
work done recorded by the yearly illustrated Journal which the
Association publishes. The two half-yearly numbers of the volume
for 1907 have been most carefully edited, and the information
contained in the various contributions to them is extremely
valuable. A study of their pages will at once prove the utility of
the work in hand, and, appealing, as it does, to a wide circle of
persons who could lend it their individual aid, we bespeak for the
Association a very much more extended membership, a heartier
general support, and the practical help of everyone who, with pen
or camera or sketch-book, can do his or her part to advance a
work with which all can sympathize. All information with respect
to the Association can be had on application to Mr. E. R. M'C.
Dix, m.r.i. a., 17 Kildare Street, Dublin."

We beg to return our sincere thanks to the following
Societies, namely: — The Royal Society of Antiquaries of
Ireland, The Ulster Archaeological Society, The ^Yaterford and
South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society, The Cork
Historical and Arelneological Society, The Limerick Field Club,
The Galway Archaeological Society, The Kerry Archaeological
and Historical Society, and The County Louth Archaeological
Society, for having sent out a copy of our Circular with the
Journal of their Society.

Our thanks are also due to the Dublin and Provincial
newspapers for kindly inserting particulars of our circular, and
to the following Journals for notices of our Journal : — " The
Reliquary," "The Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica,"
" The Journal of the Limerick Field Club," "The Journal of
the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society,'7 "The Irish
Builder," "The Journal of the Waterford and South-East of
Ireland Archaeological Society," " Celtia," The Kerry Evening
Post, "The Irish Theological Quarterly," The Church of Inland
Gazette, and " The Irish World " (New York).

A further instalment of the Funeral Certificates (or Entries)
of Ireland appears with this number of the Journal. They

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have a separate pagination. Particulars as to these Funeral
Certificates, together with a short narrative of their origin and
development, will be found in the preface to the Funeral Certifi-
cates, page [1], and in the preface to the Journal for 1907,
vol. vii, No 2, part 1, pages xii to xxiii.

The following account of an Irish funeral may be of interest
to our members. The particulars are taken from extracts out
of letters dated 18th and 21st of August, 1668, and written
from Dublin. They have been printed in the " Calendar of the
State Papers "* relating to Ireland. The papers are preserved
in the Public Record Office, London. There is also a Funeral
Entry relating to Lady Arran in the Office of Arms, Dublin.

Robert Leigh to Joseph Williamson.

Aurjust 18th.

" Lord Ossory has left town for Wicklow since I wrote on the
loth, and intends to go thence to Kilkenny when Lady Arran 's
funeral is over, and return hither again about September 10.

Yesterday morning, about ten of o'clock, the Countess of
Arran's body was conveyed out of the late Lord Chancellor's house
in Damaske (Dame Street) Street in this city, where (being brought
embalmed from Chapel-Izard, where her ladyship died about a
month ago), it lay in great state ever since, attended with all the
ceremonies accustomed upon such occasions, and then, being put
into the hearse prepared for that purpose, richly adornished with
scutions [scutcheons] and great plumes of black feather, drawn by
six horses, covered with velvet and all accoutrements suitable, was
accompanied through the city with many of the nobility and gentry,
all on horseback in their long mournings, next before the hearse,
several of them carrying in their hands flags of several sizes with
her ladyship's coat-of-arms, and next to them went the King-at-
arms and two heralds in their coats, and then, after the hearse,
followed some persons of quality carrying flags, and next after them
followed about three score coaches with six horses apiece, whereof
ten or twelve next the hearse was in mourning. Many other
coaches of less note followed, and thus we went in good order (the
streets being lined on all sides with the regiments, and being met
at Newgate by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in their gowns) till
we came to Kilmainham Green, about a mile out of the city, where
the mourners on horseback began to disperse and put oil' their long

* Volume for the year 1067-1GG9, edited by Robert Pentland Mnhaffy (see
pages G37-641).

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clothes, and those coaches that did not design to go along to
Kilkenny, began to fall oft", so that no more order is to be kept of
that kind, but everybody is to take his own way .till the hearse
comes to Goran [Gowran] within five miles of Kilkenny, and forty-
two miles from this city, where the company are all- to meet again
two days hence, and, in the like order as afore, to accompany the
body into Kilkenny and so straight to the Cathedral Church, where
it is to be buried among my Lord Lieutenant's ancestors. The
gentry of the country in all places as the hearse goes on its way is
to join with it, so that it is thought by the time the body comes to
Gouran [Gowran] there may be five or six thousand in the
company.

August 21st.

"Though we have not much news stirring here, the vigilance of
our governor, so generally beloved, and our own inclinations dis-
posing us to quietness and peace, yet we grow every day more and
more sensible of the loss of the most excellent and incomparable
young lady, the Countess of Arran, a loss so general as that it hath
not only drowned that noble family (which had the honour of her
relation) in mourning and tears, but all who had the happiness to
know her in a very general lamentation. And truly as it hath
pleased God to take her to Himself, so there hath not been wanting
any evidences of honour to her memory. And really her funeral
hath been performed with much grandeur and magnificence suitable
to the high extraction and relation of the deceased lady, so that I
take it to be a piece of justice to give you as particular an account
thereof as my own observation could reach.

" The body after embalming was removed from Chapelizod,
where for some days it lay in black, to a fair new house in Damas
[Dame] Street in Dublin, built by the late Lord Chancellor
Eustace, which was thus fitted for the reception.
. " The passage from the great gate, the large common hall and
all other rooms below stairs and the great staircase were adorned
with blacks and scutcheons. Above stairs there were five fair
rooms hung with scutcheons and black cloth from top to bottom,
the largest whereof (being the ante-chamber to the State) was
spread with a footcloth of black bayes of about six foot wide,
leading directly from the entrance into the State. On the right
hand of the State a large passage room hung with fine black cloth
adorned with scutcheons, and back stairs hung with black and
scutcheons for persons to go away, to prevent disorder where so
great a company eainQ,

M The room wherein the state lay was hung with fine black cloth,
the very roof and tioor ail of black. Over the head of tiie body
there was erected a noble canopy, cushion, footstool and chair of
state of black velvet, the canopy adorned with several scutcheons,

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■and a Majesty scutcheon within it over the chair, with supporters
in form of a lozenge. The ground was raised upon which the
corpse lay, upon the head whereof, on a velvet cushion, was placed a
coronet, upon the body, a rich pall of velvet adorned with scutcheons,
upon each side of the body, and on the ascent were placed three
banner rolls, and at the feet the great banner and pennon. Within
them [were] ten black stands with silver candlesticks and Virgin
wax tapers. These all had a rail without, covered with black to
keep off the crowd. At each banner roll stood constantly a gentle-
woman attendant, and further off several ladies of quality paid their
respects. The whole room which was fair and high was enlightened
with a noble fair silver branch and several carved sconces of the
same metal with wax tapers ; and in all the other rooms stood a
great number of gentlemen in deep mourning, who, in decent
respectful silence, gave reception to those that came to view that
solemnity, which was visited by all of quality, besides multitudes of
people which daily resorted thither.

" After a month's thus lying in state, upon the 17th of August,
inst., the body proceeded towards the city of Kilkenny, after this
form to the best of my observation.

" First two servants, conductors, with black staves, on horse-
back, then above sixty servants all in black ranked in order
according to their quality, after these an ensign of honour, then
the gentry and nobility related in deep mourning. After them
followed the great banner borne by an Earl's son, a relation, then
the steward and comptroller with their staves, then the chaplains,
then one of the officers of arms with the cushion and coronet, on
his left hand the countess's gentleman ussher. After these followed
the principal officer of arms alone, then the body carried in a hearse
of black velvet richly adorned with shields, scutcheons, pencills
(a little flag) and plumes drawn by six horses covered with blacks
and adorned with scutcheons, the horse surrounded with the
banners carried by six persons, the meanest whereof was a knight.
Upon the hearse there did attend eight coaches in mourning, after
them were eighty coaches whereof the greater part had six horses
apiece.

" These, by the diligence of the officers without any disorder or
confusion did decently pass through the streets towards Kilkenny,
the gentlemen of the country in large bodies meeting it upon the
road, most of them being in mourning. The want of accommodation
upon the way for so great a train, and of houses fit for the
reception of that noble personage's body, forced them to pitch up
several tents, in one of the largest whereof, hung [with] scutcheons
and blacks, the hearse was lodged, attended by gentlemen in mourn-
ing ; wherein there were several apartments for the gentlewomen
in mourning, guarded by some of the Koyal Regiment designed for
that service without.

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" Upon Wednesday, the nineteenth Last., the day appointed for
the solemn interment, the corpse was lodged as before in a fair
large field within two miles of Kilkenny, where at the hour
appointed there was a very noble appearance of persons of quality
and of gentry from many remote parts of this kingdom. These,
being solemnly drawn into order by the chief Officer of Arms, did
afford a very solemn though a sad prospect.

" The chief mourner was the Countess of Ossory who, with the
rest of the ladies in their coaches to the number of ten mourning
coaches, and about fifty more, mostly of six horses apiece, followed
the hearse, all the men being on horseback, before whereof there
were above live hundred in black. There were present one arch-
bishop, one marquis, twelve earls and viscounts, four bishops,
six barons, besides noblemen's younger sons, baronets, knights,
esquires and gentlemen a great number, all in mourning. When
they came within the precinct of St. Kenny's church all alighted
without confusion, as before, the chief mourner being supported by
the Marquis of Antrim, and the Lord John Butler, a gentleman
going bare before on the left hand of the Officer of Arms, and the
pall was supported by those who' were brothers or brothers-in-law
to my Lord Lieutenant.

" When they came to consecrated ground they were met by the
Bishop of Ossory with many of the clergy of his diocese, together
with the Dean of Christ Church, and his whole choyre [sic] which
waited upon the hearse from Dublin for the more solemn perfor-
mance of divine service, and from the great west gate began their
anthem. The church was found hung with scutcheons and black,
and at the east end was erected a sumptuous hearse of velvet,
richly adorned with shields, scutcheons and other glorious devices
which pass my heraldry to express.

" The office of interment was performed by the Bishop, and
the body of that sweet lady reposed in a fair vault, wherein the
ancestors of the noble house of Ormond did rest, and though the
malice of the late rebellion did utterly deface and pull down as rich
a monument as this kingdom or perhaps most others could parallel,
yet we despair not of another in a little time, since there is so rich
a treasure committed to the custody of that vault, and since there
are such alive (whom God preserve) who leave undone nothing
which befits the memory of that noble lady, or themselves.

" After the divine service and anthems, which were very
solemnly and skilfully performed, and the office of interment
passed, the Officer at Arms repeated the style and title of the lady's
descent, which concluded the ceremony at church.

"From the church most of all those persons of quality did
repair to the Castle of Kilkenny, a seat very noble [and] excellently
furnished, where lodgings were provided for the most considerable.
There they found a spacious hall hung with large rich tapestry,.

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and in it, besides many others elsewhere, four larger tables covered,
and within a little time furnished with thirty-five large silver
dishes at each table thrice over, the last course whereof was an
exquisite banquet, of all which noble treat, though I am no com-
petent judge, yet some persons of quality and experience protest
that in all their travayles they never saw greater plenty, variety
and order, all this being managed without any noise or confusion."
— " State Papers, Ireland," 824, 120.

Members of the Association interested in the Preservation
of the Memorials of the Dead in England should write to
Ralph Nevill, Esq., f.s.a., Castle Hill, Guildford, who is the
Honorary Secretary of the Society for recording churchyard
inscriptions in England.

It is with much regret that we have to state that no inscrip-
tions have been received from the counties of Cavan, Clare,
Oalway and Leitrim.

We would draw special attention to the appeal of our Editor
for more material ; and we trust that there will be a good
response : otherwise the Association will be obliged to continue
a yearly issue of the Journal instead of the half-yearly issue.
See notice facing page v, and also the Preface to the Journal
for 1906, vol. vi, No. 3, Part II.

We are glad to state that the Most Rev. N. Donnelly, d.d.,
m.r.i.a., Bishop of Canea, has very kindly consented to join
our Committee of Management ; and Mr. Peirce Gun Mahony,
M.R.I.A., Cork Herald, and Mr. Thomas U. Sadleir, M.A., m.r.s.a.i.,
have also joined our Committee. The thanks of the Associa-
tion are due to Mrs. and Miss Vigors, Mr. Thomas U. Sadleir,
the Rev. Walter M'Douald, Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i., and
Honorary Secretary of the Cork Historical and Archaeological
Society; Mr. Charles A. Bernau (Editor of the International
Genealogical Directory) ; the Rev. E. O'Leary, r.p. ; Mr. and
Mrs. Peirce Gun Mahony, Miss Hilda Wright, the Rev. R. S.
Maffett, Mrs. T. Long, Mr. J. R, Garstin, Miss Mary S.
Dyneley, Mr. James Buckley, the Rev. H. L. L. Denny,
Mr. J. R. Blake, Mr* Alfred Molony, Mr. Raymond Gorges,
Mr. Thomas Plunkett, m.iu.a. ; the Rev. George Power, Mr.

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Eugene F. MTike, Colonel J. J. Lamprey, Mr. J. W. Kernohan,
m.a. ; Mr. J. D. Crimmins, Mr. J. D. Hackett, the Kev. J-
Meehan, c.c. ; Miss E. G. O'Mahony, Colonel J. Grove- White,
Mrs. Wheble, Captaiu.G. S. Gary, r.i.cy; Major Crookshank,
Captain Linn (New Zealand), Captain E. E. West, Mr. C. J.
Hobson (New York), Dr. Stanley Lane Poole, Mr. J. Mulhall,
m.r.i.a. ; the Archdeacon of Dromore, Mr. J. G. Cupples
(Boston, U.S.A.), Count de la Poer, Miss P. Knox, the Piev.
St. John Seymour, Miss Avis Salter, Miss Macintosh, Mr. James
Mills, i.s.o., m.r.i. a. ; Mr. Alfred Stapleton, and especially to
our Honorary Editor, Lord Walter EitzGerald, m.r.i.a., and
to our Honorary Treasurer, Mr. E. R. M'Clintock Dix, m.r.i.a.,
who have both done much excellent and valuable work for our
Association in their respective departments. Nor must we
conclude this preface without mentioning the very valuable
assistance of Mr. Samuel Bolton, our Assistant Treasurer,
who has also done so much for our Association. We are
indebted to Messrs. Ponsonby & Gibbs tor their care in the
printing of the Journal, and to Mr. Milford Lewis for his
reproductions of the different illustrations.

Written on behalf of the Committee by

Another New Member.

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CONTENTS OF THE JOURNAL FOE 1908.

PAGE

Preface ... ... ... ... ... ... v

Contents ... ... ... ... ... ... xxvii

List of Illustrations ... ... ... ... ...xxxiii

List of Subscribers .. ... ... ... ... xxxv

The Hon. Treasurer's Account for 1907 ... ... ... xlii

Notes and Queries, &c. ... ... ... ... 496

Funeral Entries ... ... ... ... ... [47]

REPORTS FROM COUNTIES.

ANTRIM—

Clough Churchyard ... ... * ... ... 233

Glenarm Churchyard ... ... 234

ARMAGH—

Killeavey Old Churchyard ... ... ... 235

Tanderagee Churchyard ... ... ... ... 236

CAR LOW—

Hacketstown Churchyard ... ... ... 236

• CAVAN — Nit.
CLARE— Nil
CORK—

AgLISHDRINAGH CnURCHYARD ... ... ... 238

Ballymartle Church ... ... ... ... 240

Ballynoe Churchyard ... ... ... ... 241

Ballyoughtera Churchyard ... ... ... 241

Ballysallagh Churchyard ... ... ... 244

. Bohillane Churchyard ... ... ... ... 245

Donaghmore Churchyard ... ... ... ... 246

Clenor Churchyard ... ... ... ... 248

Garryyoe Churchyard ... ... ... ... 249

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CORK — Continued.

Ightermurragh Graveyard ... ... ... 251

Kilcrea Abbey ... ... ... ... ... 253

Kilcredan Churchyard ... ... ... ... 255

kllgullane churchyard ... ... ... 256

Kilmahon Churchyard ... ... ... ... 257

Kilronane Churchyard ... ... ... ... 258

Lislee Churchyard ... ... ... ... 260

Monanimy Churchyard ... ... ... ... 261

Mourne Abbey ... ... ... ... ... 261

Nohoval Churchyard ... ... ... ... 262

Rahan Old Churchyard ... ... ... ... 263

Templerobin Churchyard ... ... ... ... 263

Templeusque Churchyard ... ... ... ... 265

DONEGAL—

Ballyshannon, St. Anne's Church ... ... ... 267

Raphoe, the Bishop's Palace ... ... ... 268

DOWN—

Banbridge, Presbyterian Churchyard ... .. 270

Donaghadee Church and Burial-ground ... ... 271

Downpatrick Cathedral Burial-ground ... ... 287

Seapatrick Church ... ... ... ... 288

Tullymore Park Monument- ... ... ... 289

DUBLIN —

Colmanstown Churchyard ... ... ... 289

Donabate Church and Burial-ground ... ... 292

Drlmnagh (or the Bluebell) Churchyard ... ... 296

Dublin, Christ Church Cathedral ... ... ... 297

„ the Magdalen Asylum Chapel Plate ... 310

,, St. Ann's Church... ... ... ... 311

„ St. Kevin's Old Churchyard ... ... 312

„ St. Michael's Church ... ... ... 321

St. Michan's Churchyard ... ... ... 322

„ St. Werburgh's Church and Burial-ground ... 321

„ Trinity College Chapel ... ... ... 326

,, Library ... ... ... 333

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DUBLIN— Continued.

Glassamucky, St. Anne's Churchyard (recte Kilsanctan)
Hollywood Churchyard ...
Holmpatrick Churchyard ...
Kilgobbin Churchyard
Milverton, St. Movee's Churchyard
Monkstown Church

Old Graveyard

OO'O

336
338
342
352
353
354

FERMANAGH —

Monea Churchyard

351

GAL WAY — Nil.

KERRY—

Tralee AbBEY ...

Parish Church
Parish Register ...

KILDARE—

Ballybracken (alias Fassagh-an-Earla)
Ballymore -Eustace Churchyard
Ballysax Churchyard

Carton, the Earl of Kildare's Stone Table, 1533
Knavexstown Churchyard

360
3G3
368

370
382

382
384
384

KILKENNY—

donaghmore churchyard ... ... ... ... 385

Gaulskill Churchyard ... ... ... ... 385

Kilkenny, St. Canice's Cathedral Burial-ground ... 386

KING'S COUNTY—

Ballyboy Churchyard
Birr Parish Church

MONASTERORIS CHURCH RuiNS

LEITRIM — Nil.

LIMERICK—

Kllfrush Private Cemetery
Knockainey Church

390
394
396

397
397

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LONDONDERRY—

Ballykashane Churchyard ... ... ... 398

Kilrea Churchyard. , ... ... ... ... 899

LONGFORD—

Abreylara Churchyard ... .. ... ... 403

LOUTH-

Dromiskin, Kilsaran, Notices of ... ... ... 405

Manfieldstown ... ... ... ... ... 405

Stabanon, Notice of ... ... ... ... 415

MAYO—

HoELYMOUNT CHURCHYARD ... ... ... ... 415

MEATH —

Athboy Churchyard ... ... ... ... 418

Eathmore Churchyard ... ... ... ... 424

Eatoath Churchyard ... ... ... ... 444

MONAGHAN —

Caldragh, Mahernakill, and Monaghan Church,

Notices of ... ... ... ... ... 444

QUEEN'S COUNTY—

Barlyadden Churchyard ... ... ... ... 446

Maryborough, the Old Protestant Churchyard ... 447

,, the Kidge Burlal-ground ... ... 451

ROSCOMMON—

• Ardcarn Churchyard ... .. ... ... 453

Cam Churchyard ... ... ... ... 454

Drum Churchyard ... ... ... ... 454

SLIGO—

Aghanagh Churchyard ... ... ... ... 456

Drumcliff Churchyard ... ... ... ... 457

TIPPERARY—

Churches and Church Sites in the Barony of Eliogarty 45^

Hore Abp>ey, Cashel ... ... ... ... 466

Littletown Church ... ... ... ... 467

Roscrea Churchyard ... ... ... ... 467

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TYRONE—

Benburb Churchyard ... ... ... ... 470

Garland Presbyterian Church ... ... ... 472

WAT E R.FORD—

Mothel Abbey ... ... ... ... ... 478

TejiplexMichael Churchyard ... ... ... 473-

WESTM EATH —

Multifarnham Abbey ... ... ... ... 47G

WEXFORD—

Wexford, St. Iberius' Church ... ... ... 476*

WICKLOW—

Bray, St. Paul's Churchyard ... ... ... 480

Dunganstown Churchyard ... ... ... 482

Kiltegan Churchyard ... ... ... ... 489

Newcastle Churchyard ... ... ... ... 490

Powerscourt Churchyard ... ... ... ... 492

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

— 4

1. The Bamewall-Delahide Slab (1592), Donabate Church,

Co. Dublin :.. ... ... ... ... 296

2. Inscription on a Mural Slab over Strongbow's Tomb,

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin ... ... 299

3. The so-called Strongbow's Tomb ... ... ... 30Q

4. The Tomb of Robert, 19th Earl of Kildare (1743), Christ

Church Cathedral ... ... ... ... 301

5. The Agard Mural Monument (1577), Christ Church

Cathedral ... ... ' ... ... ... 302

6. The Fourteenth-Century Lombard Family Inscription in

Christ Church Cathedral ... ... ... 304

7. Sir Henry Sydney's Coat-of-Arms (1577), Christ Church

Cathedral' ... .. ... ... ... 30S

8. The Griffith Mural Monument (1632), Christ Church

Cathedral ... ... ' ... ... ... 30fr

9. The Browne-Staples Coat-of-Arms (1615), Christ Church

Cathedral ... ... ... ... ... 308

10. The Gotf Arms (1607), Cl'irist Church Cathedral ... 309

11. A peculiar form of the date 1544. Christ Church Cathedral 310

12. The Inscription on Prior Peter Mainn's Slab (1520),

Holmpatrick Churchyard ... ... ... 338

13. The Taylor Coat-of-Arms (1727), Kilgobbin Churchyard,

Co. Dublin ... ... ... ... ... 347

14. Old Sketch of Fragments of an Earl of Desmond's Tomb,

Sixteenth Century, Tralee Abbey ... ... 362

15. The Font in Tralee Church, dated 1623 ... ... 366

16. Manuscript Entries in the Tralee Parish Church Bible 374,375

17. The Earl of Kilclare's Stone Table (1533), formerly in

Maynooth Castle ... ... ... ... 384

18. Cross, dated 1706, dug up in the Churchyard at Holly-

mount, Co. Mayo ... ... ... ... 415

19. Portion of the Lady's Effigy from the Plunkett Altar-

tomb, Rathmore Church. Co. Meath ... ... 425

20. Portion of the Knight's Effigy belonging to the Plunkett

Altar-tomb, Rathmore ... ... ... ... 426

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21. The sides of the Altar-tomb, and the inscribed Slab in

the Eathmore Church ruins ... ... ... 427

22. The Coats-of-Arms on the sides of the Plunkett Altar-

tomb, Eathmore ... ... ... ... 428

23. Fragments of the Inscription on the Plunkett Altar-tomb,

Eathmore ... ... ... ... ... 429

24. Inscription on the Alexander Plunkett Slab (1503), Eath-

more ... ... ... ... ... 432

25. Eubbingof the Christopher Plunkett Slab (1531), Eath-

more ... ... ... ..; ... 435

26. Eubbing of the Inscription (1519) on the Mural Slab,

Eathmore ... ... ... ... ... 430

27. The Plunkett-Preston Cross (1519) in the Eathmore

Churchyard ... ... ... ... ... 437

28. Eubbing of the Inscription on the Plunkett-Preston Cross

Base ... ... ... ... ... 438

29. The Bligh-Fuller Coat-of-Arms and Crest (1666), Eath-

more ... ... ... ... ... 438

30. The MacDermott Mural Monument • (1668), Ardcarn

Churchyard, Co. Eoscommon ... ... ... 453

31. The Lyster Coat-of-Arms, Cam Churchyard, Co. Eos-

common ... ... ... ... ... 454

32. Drawing of the Delamar Tomb (1681) at Multifarnham,

Co. Westmoath ... ... ... ..476

33. The Duigenan Arms on a Slab (1799) at Newcastle

Churchyard, Co. Wickiow ... ' ... ... 491

34. An unidentified Coat-of-Arms on the McVeagh Mural

Monument (1794) in Athboy Church, Co. Meath ... 509

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LIST OF MEMBERS FOR 1908.

[The names of " Life Members " are printed in 11 heavy -faced " type."]

A * prefixed to a name indicates that the subscriptions for th
years 1906, 1907, and 1908 are still due, a J that the subscription
for 1907 and 1908 are due.

Arms, The Office of
Academy, The Royal Irish
Antiquities, National Museum of
Atkinson, The Ven. E. Dupre,

Archdeacon of Dromore
Armstrong, Edmund C. E.,

M.R.I. A.

Aylward, Mrs. Toler

Bagwell, Mrs. Richard

Bail, F. Ellington, m.r.i.a. ...

Barry, J. G., j.p.

Barry more, Lord, m.p.,

f.r.s.a.i.
Bernau, Charles A. ...

Berry, H. F., m.a., litt.d.

(Dublin), i.s.o., m.k.i.a.,

Assistant Deputy Keeper

Public Records
Bewley, Sir E. T., ll.d., f.s.a.,

m.k.i.a. (the late)
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Blake, J. R.
Board of Education ...
Bolton, C. Perceval, j.p.

Boyle, E. M. F. G. ...

Dublin

Dawson Street, Dublin
Queen Street, Edinburgh
Waringstown, Co. Down

Cyprus, Eglinton Road, Dublin

jShankill Castle, Co. Kilkenny
(Verona, Monkstown

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6 Wilton Place, Dublin
Sandville House, Ballyneety,

Limerick
Fota, Cork

Pendeen, Bowes Road, Walton-on

Thames
Public Record Office, Dublin

40 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin

Ardrie, Belfast, Co. Antrim
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Waterford
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derry

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Buckley, James ... ...

Bimbury, Hamilton J.

Burke, H. Farnham, c.v.o., f.s. a.,

Somerset Herald of Arms
Burnett, Rev. R.
Burrowes, William B.

11 Homefield Road, Wimbledon,
Surrey

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England
Heralds' College, London, E.C.

The Rectory, Graigue, Co. Kilkenny
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Campion, R. G. ... ... Midleton, Co. Cork

Cary, George Sydney ... Laurel Lodge, Terenure, Co. Dublin

Carrigan,Rev. Wm.,c.c.,M.R.i.A. Durrow, Abbeyleix, Queen's County

Castletown of Upper Os.sory, k. p., Doneraile Court, Doneraile

The Right Hon. Lord

Chamberlayne, Major Chamberlainstown, Kells, Co.

Tankerville James Meath, and c/o Holt & Co.,

3 Whitehall Place, London, S.W.

Clark, Mrs. Godfrey ... Tal-y-Gam, Llandrissant, Wales

Cochrane, Robert; ll.d., i.s.o., 17 Highneld Road, Rathgar, Co.

f.s.a., m.r.i. a. Dublin

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Conlan, The Rev. R. Canon, 6 Dartmouth Square, Dublin

p.p., H.R.I.A.

Connellan, Major J. H., d.l. ... Coolniore, Thoraasiown, Co. Kil-
kenny

Cosgrave, E. M'D., m.d. ... 5 Gardiner's Row, Dublin
Crimmins, J. D. ... ... Emmet Arcade, G24 Madison

Avenue, New York
Crisp, F. A., f.s.a. ... ... Grove Park Press, 270 Walworth

Road, London, S.E.
Crofton, Miss Henrietta... Rushington Manor, Totten, Hants
Crookshank, Major R. R. G. ... Sloperton, Kingstown
Crossle, F. C, m.b. ... 11 Trevor Hill, Newry

Oust, The Lady Elizabeth ... 13 Eccleston Square, London, S.W.

Dames, Longworth-, R. S., 21 Herbert Street, Dublin
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Daniell, Robert ... ... Newforest, Tyrrell's Pass

Darling, Rev. J. Lindsey ... Mariners' Church Parsonage,

Kingstown

Davies, Seymour G. P. ... The English, Scottish, & Australian

Bank, Melbourne
Day, Robert, f.s.a., m.r.i.a. Myrtle Hill House, Cork
Denny, Rev. H. L. L. ... Holy Trinity. Sloane Street,

London. S.W.

Devenish-Meares, Major-General Meares' Court, Ballynacargy, West-

meath

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de Vesci, Rt. Hon. Viscnt.

Dix, E. R. M'O.; m.r'.la., Hon.

Treasurer
Donnelly, The Most Rev. N.,d.d.,

m.r.i. a., Lord Bishop of Canea
Drogheda, Rt. Hon. (the late),

Earl of
Duguid, John

Eden, Rev. Arthur ...
Ewart, Sir William, Bart....

FitzGerald, The Hon. J. D., k.c.

FitzGerald, Lord Walter, v. p.,
r.s.a.i., m.r.i. a., Hon. "Editor
FitzGerald, Rev. William
Fogerty, George, m.d., B.m ...
ffrench, Rev. Canon J. F. M.,

V.P., R.S.A.I., M.R.I. A.

Fry, M. W. J., f.t.c.d., m.r.i. a.
Fuller, J. F., f.s.a. ...

Garstin, John R., d.l., m.a.,

F.R.S.A.I., M.R.I. A., F.S.A.

Gogerty, Rev. T., c.c.
Gorges, Raymond ...
Gough, Rt. Hon. Viscount
Green, Thomas G. H., m.r.i. a.

Guinness, H. S.

Hackett, J. Dominick

Hade, Arthur, c.e. ...
Healy, Rev. John. ll.d.
Hewetson, John

Higgins, Patrick, f.r.s.a.
Hillas, Arthure B. E., a.b. ...
Hobson, 0. J.

Hore, Captain P. H., m.r.i. a. ...

Hovenden, R.

Huband, Rev. H. R.
Hussey- Walsh. V. ...

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17 Kildare Street, Dublin

St. Clary's, Haddington Road,
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Moore Abbey, Monasterevan
16 Waterloo Crescent, Dover

Ticehurst, Hawkhurst, Kent
9 Bedford Street, Belfast

33 Harrington Gardens, South

Kensington, London. S.W.
Kilkea Castle, Mageney, Co. Kildare

The Hut, Howth

67 George Street, Limerick

Orglin Rectory, Co. Carlow.

39 Trinity College

179 Gt. Brunswick Street, Dublin

Braganstown, Castlebellingham,

Co. Louth
Termonfecken, Drogheda
15 Royal Terrace, East, Kingstown.
British Legation, Dresden
Lisnegar, Temple Gardens, Rath-

mines

Burton Hall, Stillorgan

66 Jamaica Avenue, Flushing, Long

Island, New York
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London, W.
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Heathcote Park, Hill Road, Croy-
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Iveagh, Viscount, k.p.,

M.R.I.A., F.S.A.

Jones, Captain B. J.

Keene, Most Rev. James B.,
d.d., m.k.i.a., Lord Bishop of
Meath

Kelly, W. E., c.e., f.r.s.a.i. ...

Kelly, Mrs. W. E

Kelly, Miss Dorothy
Kelly, Miss

Kelly, T. A.

Knox, Miss P. J. ...

5 Grosvenor Place, London, S.W.

Lisnawilly, Dundalk
Bishopscourt, Navan, Co. Meath

St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo
St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo
St. Helen's, Westport, Co. Mayo
Clareville, Westpout, Co. Mayo
1 Mount joy Square, Dublin
Cranmore, Bailinrobe, Co. Mayo

La Touche, CD. ... ... James's Gate, Dublin

Lawlor, Rev. Canon H. J., d.d., 61 Palmerston Road, Ratbmines

m.r.i.a., Precentor of St.

Patrick' Cathedral.

Leighton Warren, The Hon. Lady Knutsford, Cheshire

Leinster, His Grace the ... Carton, Maynooth

Duke of

Leslie-Ellis, Lt.-Col. H., d.l., Magherymore, Wicklow

F.S.A.

Lett, The Rev. H. W., m.r.i.a., Aghadery Glebe, Loughbrickland,

Canon of the Cathedral of Co. Down
Dromore

Leveson-Gower, A. F. H Athenauim Club, London

Lecky, Mrs. ... ... 88 Onslow Gardens, London, S.W.

Library, The Armagh ... Armagh

,, Royal Dublin Society Kildare Street, Dublin

The Bodleian ... Oxford

The Boston ... Per G. E. Stechert & Co.

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The National
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The Reference
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"Linn, Richard

Long, Mrs.

Lynch, P. J., c.e., f.r.s.a.i. ...

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Cork Herald of Anns
Mahony, Mrs. Peirce Gun
Mayler, J. E.

Mayo, The Earl of, k.p., ...
Meade, The 14. Rev. W. E., d.d.,

Lord Bishop of Cork
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{M'Ciintock, Rev. F. G., f.r.s.a.i.,
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M.R.S.A.

Magrath, Rev. J. R., d.d. ...
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Meehan, Rev. J., c.c.
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Mills, James, i.s.o., m.r.i.a.,
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State Papers
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Nesbitt, R.

New England Historic

Genealogical Society
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t> >» <> . it J >

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London

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O'Conor Don, The, H.M.L. for
the County Eoscommoii

OGrady, Guillamore,M.A.,T.c.D.,
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Pack-Beresford, D. E., m.r.i.a.
Pennsylvania, The Historical

Society of
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Plunkett, Count, m.r.i.a. /Director

of the Science and Art Museum
Poe, Col. Wm. Hutcheson,...

C.B., D.L.

Poer, Count de la, d.l.

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Sheehan, The Most Eev. E. A.,
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of Waterford

Sindall, Alfred

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Bishop's House, John's Hill,

Waterford

2 Harefield Eoad, Brockley,
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Tenison, C. M., m.r.i.a.

Thompson, Charles H., m.d. ...

I Thynne, The Hon. A. J.
Travers, Mrs. A. V.

Vanston, George T. B., ll.d. ...

Vesey, Mrs.
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Vigors, Mrs.

Vigors, Rev. Richard W.

Wall, Colonel J

Walsh, W. P. Pakenham-

Walsh, His Grace The Most
Reverend William J., d.d.,
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Dublin

Whish, Mrs.

Weldrick, John F. ...

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SUMMARY OF INCOME ACCOUNT.

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RECEIPTS.

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ANTRIM.

REPORTS FROM COUNTIES.

COUNTY ANTRIM.

Clon^Ii CIiurc*layar«l.

[From J. G. Cupples, Boston, U.S.A.]

I am ready.
[Above a coat-of-arms.]
Erected to the memory of Mary Cupples,
wife of Moses Cupples of Killyrae, who
died 19th June 1842, aged 84.
Also her nephew Paul Limerick
Major who died lllh February 1841 aged
51 years. And her grandchildren
Samuel and Mary Cupples who died in
infancy. Also her sons Moses Cupples
who died 12th December 1858 aged 65 years and
Henry Major Cupples who died lSth December

1805 aged 74 years, also his wife Margaret
Cupples who died 8th November 1896 aged 85
years.

** I am ready "
[Above a coat-of-arms]
To the memory of Samuel Cupples of
Killyrae who departed this life the 16Ul day of
October 1771 in the 73d year of his age.
This monument was erected by his nephew
Samuel Cupples.
Also his nephew Samuel Cupples who
departed this life 27:h of May 1771) aged 47 years,
also his son Moses Cupples
who departed this life the 30tl1 of October 1797
aged 43 years.

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Also his son Alexander C apples who
departed this life the 20th of April 1822
aged 27 years.

(£f" Relative position.

[Coat-of-arms.]

Here lyeth the Body of Robert
Cupples who dyed the Vth day
of June 1711 aged 50 years,
also Jane Cupples iiee Smith
who dyed the olst day of August
1712 aged 44 years.
Likewise Joseph Cupples the —
day of January 1748.

CHeiiariu Churchyard.

[From the " Ulster Journal of Archaeology," vol. xiii, p. 149.]

' Mr. F. J. Bigger, in an article on the Rev. Hugh O'Donnell, p.p.,
describes how the first chapel in Belfast was erected by him, and
completed in May, 17S4. Father O'Donnell died in 1814, and was
buried in the churchyard, beside the ruins of tiie old Franciscan
Friary at Gienarm. Mr. Bigger gives the inscription on the
O'Donnell headstone thus ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of Bernard O'Donnell
who Departed this Life 11 Feb. 1790 Aged 45
Years. Also the Body of Roger O'Donnell
who Departed this Life 31 July 1794 Aged
57 Years. Also the Body of his Spouse Elea-
nor O'Donnell Alias Magill who Departed this
life 17 July 1745 Aged GO Years.
Also on the 1st Jan : 1814 the Body of
the Re\d Hugh O'Donnell aged 75 yrs
who was Parish Priest
of Belfast during 41 years
Closed in the hand that often gave relief
And cold the Heart that beat to each

Coat of Arms =

Bell

Bust of Man

Skull and cross bones

Mans grief.

235

ARMAGH.

Also the Body of Hugh O'Donnell Jun1 died
14th July -1817 aged 18 years Also his
Father Rodger O'Donnell who died the
(? 10) of March 1820 pged 68 years.
Rosella O'donnell Wife to Roger
O'donnell who departed this life
[The remainder is under ground.]

1 At the top of the stone are sculptured the O'Donnell crest and
coat-of-arms ; the latter is : — Or, issuing from the sinister side of
a shield an arm fessways vested azure, holding in the hand a passion
cross gules.

' The crest is : — Two arms bent and counter-crossed, issuing from
a coronet ; one hand holds a heart, and the other a sword trans-
fixing a (?) boar's head.

' Motto : — " In hoc signo vinces." '

COUNTY ARMAGH.

HLilleavcy OUl Clfcui'diyarcl.

[From Captain R. Linn, Christchurch, New Zealand.]

[O'Hanlon arms on top of headstone.]

This stone was erected by order of the
Late Mr Francis O'Hanlon of Exeter
To the memory of his Beloved father
Thomas O'Hanlon of Cientagora who
Departed this life on the 29 may A.D. 1S28
aged 74 years, also to the memory of
His brother Mathew O'Hanlon who died
The iirst of August 1840 in the 38;h year
of his age.

CARLOW.

236

Erected
By Jane O'Hanlon of Newry
In memory of her beloved husband
John O'Hanlon who departed this life
November 26. 1854. aged 56 years

Tamieragee Churchyard.

[From J. G. Cupples, Boston, U.S.A.]

Here lyeth the body of Eleanor
Cupples, wife to William Cupples
of Muliahead, who died February
22, 1765, aged 45 years,
also Eleanor Cupples buried
March 8, 1807 aged 16 years.

< William was Son of Thomas Cupples (b. 1650, d. 1715) of
Scarvagh, Co. Down, and father of Rev. Snowden Cupples, d.d.
(b. 1750, d. 1835), Rector of the Cathedral of Down and Connor,
Lisburn, Co. Antrim, and Thomas Cupples, m.d., of Newry, Co.
Down (d. 1801).'

COUNTY CARLOW.

It acltctstoivn CImreli.var«l.

[From C. M. Drury.]

Sacred to the memory of

Tho"* Hardy Esq
who was killed in action
when fighting for his King & Country
against the Rebels
at the Battle of Hacketstown
on the [25J of June [1798]
this monument is erected by his Sons
Lieut Colo1 Henry Hardy
& the Revd John Hardy
In respect to a beloved Fathers memory
June . . 18 . ,
Beneath this tomb lieth remains
Francis Hardy Esq

who died . . .
Henry Hardy Esqr
who died A.D. . . .
Grandfather and Father of the above name11
Tho" Hardy Esqr

237

CAT AN.

Here lyeth the Body of William
Saul who departed this life Janury

the 18th 1771 aged 70 yr' Also
his wife Jane Saul who Departed
this life June the 10th 1780 Ag* 70 yr.

1 The above is on art upright stone, in front of which is a flat
one, bearing the following ' : —

Underneath this Stone lie deposited the
Remains of William Saul who departed
this life on the 21st day of June 1815 in the
78th year of his age

' There is a bridge — " Saulsford Bridge " — near Hacketstown.

This tomb is Erected by Thomas Darcy
of Knocknaboley in memory of his Father
Peter Darcy who departed this life March
the 15th 1827 aged 100 years also in memory
of his Wife Elizabeth Darcy who died 17th
January 1844 aged SO years
Also in memory of the above named
Thomas Darcy who departed this life
April the 25th 1849 aged 85 years
His son Benjamin Darcy who departed this
life July the 20th 1851 aged 50 years. And of
his Grandson William Darcy who departed this
life September 19th 1860 aged 15 years.

Here Lieth the Body of
Thomas Eager Who De
parted this Life january

2d 177G AGd 72 tfa
all so Elizabeth Eager
his Wife
Departed February the 4th 1752
AGd ol yrs

COUNTY CAVAN.

[Nil.]

CLARE — COEK.

238

COUNTY CLARE.

[Nil.]

COUNTY CORE.

Ag'lisfHli'iiiaglt CUuvoljyaril.

[From Colonel J. Grove-White.]
■ Upright stone ' : —

Thy will be done

Blessed are
The Dead which
Die in the Lord.
This has been erected
To the memory of

Julia Franklin
Otherwise Marcer
Who died April 26* 1838.
Aged 80 years.

'Flat slab':—

• Upright stone ' : —

239

CORK.

* Upright stone ' : —

In memory | of Standish De Coursv | onlv son of |
Thomas W. Harrison M.D. | Born April 7th 187G I Died
May 23nl 1870.

* Marble cross ' : —

Inmemoriam | Isabella Alice de la Poer | Dearlvbeloved
wife | of | Cyril C. B. Matthey Esquire 1 Died 19th April
1893 in the 26th year of her age.

* Upright stone ' : —

1 Upright stone ' : —

R.I.P.

The Ancestors of this family | are interred at St Mary's
Limerick | and at Buttevant Abbey. |

1 Upright stone ' : —

Marie Patricia | infant daughter of Harold and Helen
Harold-Barry | Ballvvonare Buttevant j Died 15th July
1904 | Aged 4 months.

? The Castle Harrison vault was built by the Hon. William
Harrison, of Castle Harrison, who was known as the " Commis-
sioner," whose body was buried here. He was Commissioner of
Customs in Ireland about 1710. On the top of this vault is an
altar tomb to some member of the Harrison family ; but I cannot
read the inscription.

• I understand that this churchyard is the private property of
Colonel Harrison, of Castle Harrison. It is only a short distance
from Castle Harrison, and lies about three and a-half miles ( south-
west by west) from Charlevilie.'

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1ft a 1 1 .v it m r f 1 c C 1 1 c i r <* 1 1 .

[From the Rev. William Ball-Wright, ar.A.]

1 In the new church ' : —

HEBE LYETH YE BODY OF WILLIAM MEADE.
ESQR.. ELDEST SOX OF SIR IOHN MEADE OF
BALLINTOBER KT. & BARNr., & OF HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH, LADY MEADE. DAUGHTER OF
PIERCE. LORD VISCOUNT IKERRYN. HE WAS
BORNE THE 18th OF 1UXE 16S9. & DYED THE
5th OF IUNE 1702.

HERE LYETH ALSO YE BODY OF SIR IOHN
MEADE, KNT. cv BARN1'., FATHER OF YE
ABOVE NAMED WILLIAM MEADE, ESQ11., WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN Y* 6SBI> YEAR OF
HIS AGE, A.D. 1709.

i In the chancel of the old church ' : —

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF ELLENOR MEADE
DAUGHTER TO ROBERT MEADE, ESQ1'., WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE 17™ NOV1'. 1717.

' The Peerages state that Sir- John Meade, Kt. and Bart., was
the eldest son of William Meade, of Ballintubber, County Cork, a
Lieut. -Colonel in the army, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Robert Travers, Kt.

'Sir John, of Ballintubber, was the ancestor of the Earls of
Clanwilliam. He was one of the most eminent lawyers of his
time. He was Judge of the Palatinate Court of Trpperary, and
Attorney-General to James, Duke of York.

4 In 16S5 he was appointed by Commission, dated 14th July,
with Sir John Rogers, Kt., the King's Commissioners of Oyer and
Terminer. In the Parliament which met 7th May, 1689, he with
Joseph Coghlan, Esq., represented the University of Dublin, and
were the only Protestants in the House of Commons, of which he
was also a member in the reigns of Willliam III and Queen Anne,
and by the latter he was created a baronet in 1703, He married
1st, Mary, daughter and heir of James Coppinger ; she died with-
out issue. He married 2ndlv, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of
Colonel Daniel Redman, of Rallyinch Castle, by whom he had one
daughter. He married 3rdly, in June, 1688, the Hon. Elizabeth
Butler, daughter of Pierce. 2nd Viscount lkerrin, and by her, who
died in December, 1757, he had four sons and five daughters. Sir
John died on the 12th January, 1711 (according to Burke).

241

CORK.

Itallynoe.

[From the Rev. John Murphy, p.p., Conna.]

4 In the graveyard attached to what is popularly known as the
Old Abhey, Ballynoe, but which was in reality a preceptory of the
Knights Templars, founded about 1302, and on the suppression of
that order, less than ten years later, handed over to the Knights
Hospitallers, are close together the graves of three notable ecclesi-
astics of the Catholic Diocese of Cioyne, whose inscriptions, now in
part obliterated, are as follows' : —

In spe resurrectionis ad gloriam hie jacet Rev. Simon

Quinn, in Orrery natus qui cum laude renit

8 Decembris 1773. ^Etatis 77.

4 This Father Quinn was Parish Priest of Ballynoe at his death
in 1773.'

' Beside his grave is that of his nephew, a namesake, who was
Coadjutor Catholic Bishop of Cioyne and Ross from 1779 to 1783,
and had been Parish Priest of Castlelyons. He was living at
Ballynoe at the time of his death ' : —

Hie jacet .... Reverend! ssimus Simon Quinn, Coad-
jutor Epis. de Cloy et Ros necnon Reverendus David
Roche, per multos annos parochus de Rathe et de Conna.
In vita delenerunt et in morte non sunt separati.
Requiescant in pace.

' The third grave is that of a Dean of Cioyne, over which the
inscription runs ' : —

In spe resurrectionis ad gloriam hie jacet Gulielmus
Lonergan, Decanus Cloynensis que cum laude renit
unitas 12 Martie, 1791.

Bally ou^litei'U Cliurcliyarfl.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

1 This churchyard is situated in a very secluded part of the
Castlemartyr demesne, and, like all graveyards I have seen in private
grounds, such as is this one, is in the most deplorably derelict
condition, many of the graves being furthermore so much burrowed
by rabbits or other animal.--, as to make it dangerous to walkthrough
it. The walls of the old church still stand, its length being about
ninety feet, and divided by an archway into the chancel and nave,

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with a very small and narrow lancet-window in the west end of the
nave. The day being dreadfully wet and gloomy, I was unable to
search for the old Geraldine tomb said to be here, though it was
probably that located in the south-east end of the church.

1 It was rather pitiful to see the plain table-tomb of the last
proud Earl of Shannon almost sunk to a level with the ground, and
the inscription already somewhat difficult to decipher. It runs as
follows ' : —

' The son and successor of this Earl of Shannon, who died in
"Wales on the 11th of December, 1906, aged forty-six, sold his
ancestral property the November previous to Lady Arnott, nee
FitzGerald ; and thus, after the lapse of 300 years, this fine property
is again owned by a Geraldine.'

1 On another table-tomb is a very long inscription, beginning
thus ' : —

Here lieth the body of MathewT Bunbury | who depa this
life the 11th day of August | 1786. He was perfected
(etc.).

' On another table-tomb within the old church, the first part of
the inscription is as follows ' : —

Here | lies the body of James Barry | with his son
James, the son died in September 1764 in the 28th year j
and the father died in the 64th year of his age

' The following are inscriptions on headstones wdthin the old
church ' : —

In Memory of Elizabeth Carpineal | Born August 10th
1788, Died March 4th 1811.

In memory of | Frances Guisset who died 27th July
1803 | Aged uo years.

Here lies inter**? the body | of John Healy who died
Jan** 21. 1708 aged 60 years.

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CORK*

' Outside the old church are about forty, mostly moss-grown,
headstones, from which are taken the following inscriptions ' : —

Erected by James Saul j as a Preservative of the
memory of his father Barnaby Saul | who died Nov
19th 1827 in the 80th year of his age | May our Lord
Jesus Christ Son of the Living God | have mercy on his
Soul ! and the Souls of the faithful departed Amen.

* Beside this is another stone ' : —

Erected | by Mrs Mary Saul in memory of her | beloved
husband the late Mr James | Saul of Deerpark who died
March | 5lh 18G9 aged 90 years.

Erected to the memory of Michael Brien of | Lahard
for the Resurrection unto life | Eternal who depd this
Life the 10th of | August 1838 Aged 50 years | Jesus
Son of the Living God have mercy on his Soul.

This Stone was | erected by Rich | ard Sullivan to the
memory of his sons John Sul I livan and Timothy I John
deptl this life the 14th of Mav 1780 aged — years and
Timothy the 28th of Feby 178(5 aged . . .
1 Rest covered up.'

Erected by Denis 1 Murphy in memory of his and his
family Burying place, Intered here the 1st | Day of Dcr
1798 aged 98 years.

Erected by Johanna Boing I in memory of her
husband | Anthony Boing who died July 3, 1808 aged
72.

Think of Death and Fear the Lord | Erected to the
memory of John | Crowley who Departed this Life July
318t 1789 Aged | 44 years.

• This last inscription appears as if it had been recut, or placed
over an older inscription.'

COBK. 244

' On a small slab inserted near the chancel arch of the old
church, at the nave side, is inscribed ' : —

This is the burial place of | John Mountaine | and
Family, 1839.

• Lewis's Dictionary states that Ballyoughtera Church was built
in 1549, and destroyed in the war of 1041.'

I*ally*al?a;rli Cliurelt j ai'tl (near Cliai'leville).

[From James Buckley, Esq.]

Colir13 | Lemasne | aged 68 yrs | 1795 RI.P.

I H S

Here Lyeth ye Body | of Margaret Huerd | Alias ffittz
Gerald who | Departd this Life Febry I ye 3d 1737. 8 age
23 | Y.

I II S •

Bridget Supple died in the yr 1796 Agd 23 fa Erected
By her Sister Mary.

I H S

Here lies the Body of Cathrine Mills who Died 8br ye 26
1774 Aged 39 years.

I H S

Erected by EdmJ Cops in Memory of his Father James
Cop3 Who Died Jan,y 1st 1797 Ag'd 103 y" Also his
Mothr Bridget Cops All8 Ryan who died Janry 12th 1792
Ag'd (Buried.)

Here Lies the Body | of Jane Sullivan who | Departed
this life | May ye 2cd 1772 | aged 57 years.

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CORK.

I H S

Here Lyeth ye Body | of John quin who | Departed This
Life | April ye 6th 1746 aged | 23 ys.

« Beside the stone erected to the memory of the famous poet,
Seaman Clapag, the following remarkable inscription occurs ' : —

I-S-IHI-S-

HERE * LIES * THE * BO
DY ' OF ' DENNIS * GRA
DY * WHO ' DEPARTED
THE * 51" * OF * MAY ' BEING
THE ' 480™ YEAR ' OF
HIS * AGE . 1722.

4 N.B. — The inscription to John MacDonnell, as published in
vol. vi, p. 231, would be correct if the word " Anno " were inserted
before, and not after " GcJ°," in the last line but one.'

Uoliillune Cliurcliyarcl.

[From Mr. James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

* The little churchyard of Bohillane, or Boughellane, which is
only about 50 feet square, lies on the top of a hill about five miles
to the north-east of Cloyne, and possesses the rather unique
character of being walled -in by a stone wall. This wall was due
to a Protestant clergyman, as shown by the tablet inserted in the
pillar of the gateway leading into it on the roadside, there being
an unused space intervening between the outer gateway and the
churchyard proper. The inscription on the gateway is as follows : —
" The Bev. Wm Chatterton | has caused this Churchyard of
Boughlaune to be enclosed at | his own expence j July 183j."
His good intentions have been baulked, no doubt, by the jerry-
builder he employed, as the wall is now broken down in two places.
The walls of the old church here can still be traced, being about
32 feet long by 12 wide, and less than 2 feet high, and running
from north to south. The graveyard is kept quite free from weeds.
There are only two modern headstones, and not more than fourteen
or fifteen in all. The following are the inscriptions on the older
ones ' : —

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246

Erected by | John Daly I in memory of his wife Johanna
Guiry | who depd this life Sept. the 5th 1813 Aged 57
years. May she &c.

Here | lyeth the body of | William Kineley who died
January the 7., 1783 | Aged 27 years.

Erected by Patrick Burke of | Ballyhimikin in memory |
of his Father David Burke (Remainder covered up.)

Here | lies the Body of | Edmund Linahan | who de-
ceased March 14th 17G9 | Aged 58 years

Erected | By Jeremiah 0 'Bryan in, Memory of his
Father John 0' Bryan who died the May | 1788 Aged
77 years. His Mother Margaret (Remainder covered
up.)

Doling Jjms ore thtircliynrd.

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

in memoriam
here awaiting resurrection
lie the remains of
Jerh Mc Carthy
of coolmona

WHO WED IN 1800
AND OF HIS FAMILY
AMONGST THEM WERE
HIS BROTHER TlMY

247 cork.

HIS DESCENDANTS Ed\YD

John a

Jerh Edwd Mc Carthy
and Kathe Buckley

R.I.P, me Fieri each, r.t.c.b. 1880 (?)
4 In raised capitals ' : —

I H S

IMS

Jeremiah Sheehan | Dep1 this Life | Sepr ye 6th 1789 |
Aged 64 Years ) May he rest in Peace Amen

4 Capitals ' :—

IH S

This is ye Burying Place of Denis Leary | & Family
HereLyeth The Body of CornelioJS j his son who departed
This Life January G'h 1791 | Aged 47 Year | The Lord
Have Mercy on his Soul Amen j

HERE LYETH THE | BODY OF PATRICK I
HEALY OF FOEE j NUGHT WHO DEPARTED I
THIS LIFE AUGUST Vs* I 1791 AGED 50
YEAR' j

Tlis Stone was Erec:'J by Thoms Helen in Memory of
His Fathe1' John Helen who Depa Life May the 28 lid'2
Aged 70 years may he Rest in Peacc amen.

CORK. 248

Clefior C'liitrcli.vaiul.

( Continued from Vol. vi, p- 442. J
[From James Buckley, Esq. 1908.]

IH S

Here Lyeth the Body of Maurice Connor Who Died
February the 0th 1764 Aged 69 ye"

I H S

Here lieth the Body of Iohn Connor who Departed this
life Novbr 27th 1789 Aged 72 Years.

I H S .

HERE LIES THE BODY
OF DAVID ROACH LATE
OF ANNIKTSSY WHO
DIED 0CTER 7TIC 1817 ag'd
62 Yns ALSO HIS WIFE
MARY MADDEN WHO
DIED JULY 2PT 1810 AG'D
42 YRS MAY THEIR SOULS
REST IN PEACE AMEN

This is y Burrying Place of Richard Drake & his Family
his Son John Dy'd April ve 27th 1750 Ag'd 27 year his
Daughter Mary Dy'd April ye 29 1750 Ag'd 21 year

A c|iio|T "oem upoc^pe ojtpn

Iohn Condon Erect'"1 | this Stone in Memorv j of his Son
Mickel | Condon Who dept'd | This Life Thie 28 of |
Novbr 1779 Agd 18 yn

249

CORK.

WiUktm Lean Erected I This Stone in Memory of | His
Wife Manj Lean j Deprd life Decfcr 24th 1798 | Aged 56
Yr8 Beqitiesea* | in Pace Amen

I H S

This is The Burying Place
of Timothy Finn For The
Vse of himself And
Family 1737.
Margaret Finn Here Doth Rest
Till the Resurrection of the Bles1
Pier Soul Doth Soar the Milky way
Conueyed By Angels There to Stay
Till the Last trump Doth Sound &
Her Soul And Body Iones Agine
Made Pure And Fit For To Adore
Her Dear Redeemer Ever More

' Mensal Slab ' :—

^arryvoe Churcliyavil.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

' This churchyard lies about three miles south-east of Bohillane,
and due north of Ballycotton Island. The old church walla are
nearly perfect, being about 30 feet long, by 14 feet wide, and about
10 feet high. Portion of the altar remains, over which was a small

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250

two-light laneet-window. To the right of the altar is a recess, and
at the left is a pedestal apparently for a statue. In the south wall
is the piscina, and near it a lancet-window ; whilst in the north
wall, near the altar, are another recess and a lancet-window. There
is also a small lancet-window in the west end ; and the doorway on
the south is still perfect. Within the old church are the following
inscriptions ' : —

Here lies the Body of | Daniel Culli I nane who Dece |
ased November the 17th 1777 | aged 67 years.

Erected | By Daniel Cullinane j in memory of his Son
Daniel | Cullinane who depd this Life August | 18th 1827
Aged 12 years May his soul rest in peace Amen

Here lieth the Body of Daniel Maguire who Depd thi" |
Life the 8th of March 1780 | Aged 23 Yrs.

+
III S

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Erected by Mary Chamberlin alias Forist in memory of
her husband Jeremiah Chamberlin | who died Febr 1st
184G aged 73 years. | & in memory of her children |
who died young all buried | beneath this stone and also
of her son Jas. Who died Capt. of a Ship j in New
Orleans deer. 2nd 1819 aged 32 yri and her daughter
Elizabeth who died in New York deer 20th 1849 Aged
29 yrs. Requiescat in pace.

1 Outside are the following ' : —

This Stone was erected by | Michael Higgins in memory
of his brother Will'" Higgins of Ballydaniel | who depd
this life Dec 8a 1800 ] Aged 20 years | and also the
burial-place of his Father Rich11 Higgins & grandchild
Mary Higgins Aged 2 years

Erected | by John and Thomas Gritlin in memory of
their beloved \ Father Thomas Griffin who depd this Life
March 1st 1S2G Aged 82 years. May he rest in peace

251

CORK.

Erected | by Thomas Finn in memory | of his beloved
son Thomas | Finn who Pep1 this Life | Dee 2d 1828
aged 23 years. May he rest in peace

Here lyeth | Interred Wm Brown who Departed this Life
ye | 2 June 1751 aged 14 years Likewi | se ye Body of
Margaret Brown who Dep1 this Life ye 16 March, Aged
16 yrs 1751. The Lord have mercy on their souls

Erected \ by Mary Homes | alias Kiniry in memory of
her husband James Homes of Loughane who depd this
life March 1, 1843 aged 70 years | Also her son John
died March -4, 1843 Aged 28 years.

Erected I By Daniel Kinniry in Memory of his Father
Thomas Kinniry | Who died October 13th 1812 Aged 75
years And also his j Mother Margaret Kinniry who
Died Nov. 7th 1812 Aged 73 years Also [Remainder
covered up.]

Erected by Thomas Kinniry And Mary Stanton his Wife
in memory of their Daughter Mary | Kinniry Who
died November 12th 1812 Aged 21 years. May she rest
in peace Amen

* In a field south of Garryvoe graveyard is the turret, about
twenty feet high, mentioned in " Lewis's Topographical Dictionary
of Ireland."'

EK'Iitermtii'rag'li <K ra vt\vai*<l.

[From James Coleman, ji.e.s.a.i.]

* This graveyard is about 3 miles south-east from Mogoely Rail-
way Station, and lies on a hill slope at the r>outh side of the road.
Jt contain* some large trees, but nothing is left of the old church,
nor does it ^cem to have anyone to look after it. The headstones

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are mostly old, and their inscriptions hardly legiLle. There are a
few table-tombs, one. bearing a Latin inscription no longer de-
cipherable. On. another stone, laid flat on the ground, is the
following ' : —

Here Lyeth The Body of Han | nah Patrickson Who
depart | ed This Life the 10th of January Anno Domni
1701-2 Aged on yeare | Here Also Lyeth The Body of |
Wingfield Patrickson who | Departed this Life the First '
of | May Anno Domini 1721. Aged 60 years, j Here
Also Lyeth the Body of Anne Pratt wife to John |
Pratt Who Departed This Life the 10th of March Anno
Domini 1727 aged 29 years

Erected | By Michael Brien in memory of his Father |
William Brien who died March 20., 1889 | Aged 84
years. Also his brother Denis Died Decb. 12, 1831,
Aged 50 years.

Erected by Catherine Wrall alias Flavin of Ballyshane
in | Memory of her Son | James Wall Who DepJ this
life January 6th 1831 aged 31 years.

Here lies the Body of Jeremiah McCarthy who Died
January the Gth 1802 in the | 54 year of his life.

Here lyeth the Body of | Michael Cashman | who De-
parted this Life ye 25th Day of Februy Anno | Domin.
1744 Aged 24 years

Erected | by John Duggin in memory | of his Wife
Margaret Kenefic.k | who died Janr 11th 1704 aged 55 |
years | also his son John died June 7th 1794 aged
8 yrs j and also his son Michael died October j 11th
1809 Aged 19 years May they rust in peace Amen |
Also his son James died Nov 20 lbG3 aged G7 years

253

CORK.

Here lyeth the Body of dauid Hennes | sy who De-
parted this life April 1st 17G1 | aged 39 years.

Erected | by Catherine | Long for the Burial place and
in memory of her Husband Peirce Butler who Departed
this I Life April the 17th 1795 | Aged 06 years.

Itilcrea Abbey.

[From Canon J. O'Mahony, p.p.]

* Kilcrea Abbey, situate on the banks of the river Bride, Barony
of Muskerry, is about eleven miles west of Cork. It was founded
in 1465 by Cormac Mac Carthy (Laidir), Lord of Muskerry, and did
not become a general place of burial until it became a ruin, in the
Cromwellian period.

1 The founder's tomb is in the choir, and bears the following
inscription, legible now, with considerable difficulty ' : —

Hie jacet Cormacus, Alius Thacldaei. fiL Cormaci,
fil. Dermitii Magni Mac Carthy, Dnus De
Musgraigh Flayn, Ac istius Conventus
Primus Fundator. An. Dom. 1494.

1 Translation ' : —

4 Here lies Cormac, son of Teig, son of Cormac, son of
Dermod More McCarthy, Lord of Muskerry, and founder
of this Convent. 1494.'

11.

"Tomb of the McCarthys of Ballineadig.

4 On a broken slab which covered this tomb is the inscription ' : —

This is the burial-place of the MacCarthys of Ballineadig,
Was erected by Charles McCarthy and Callughan
In memory of their father Timothy MacCarthy of Lyredane,
Grandson of Capt. Teig mac Owen McCarthy of Ballyneadig
died 17(i[3] aged 49, ....

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the body of Mary O'Donoghue,

[Mac Car] thy, wife to the said Charles, the eldest
Daughter of Jeoffry O'Donoghue of the Glenn
County Kerry

xterior perfec]

. . . being married only 14 months, to add to the misfortune
of her [dis] consolate husband, left not a pie [dge]
behind of their mutual affection.

* Note on the above inscription. — The aforesaid Timothy had
by his will, November, 1763 (Becord Office), disinherited Charles if
he should " at any time intermarry with any daughter of Eliza
O'Donoghue, widow of O'Donoghue, late of Kerry." '

MI.

' Tomb of Arthur O'Leary, in the nave, by the south wall ' : —
Lo. Art O'Leary, generous young and brave
Slain in his bloom lies in this humble grave.
Died May 4th 1773, aged 26 years.

1 Note. — Arthur O'Leary was a Catholic gentleman, of Carrig-
animmy, west of Macroom, who had been a captain in the Austrian
service. Gibson says (Hist, of Cork) : " O'Leary's horse had beaten
that of Mr. Morris, who revenged himself by demanding the winning
animal for five pounds, pleading the force of a penal statute against
Catholics. O'Leary indignantly refused, and was outlawed and
shot. Mr. Morris was, two months after, shot in Cork by O'Leary's
brother."

1 O'Leary's wife was the mint of Daniel O'Connell. (See
Mrs. O'Connell's " Last Colonel of the Irish Brigade.") '

* The inscription on Arthur O'Leary's tomb I take from Gibson's
Hist, of Cork (pub. 1861), not being able to decipher it now.

IV.

1 Tomb of the Hayes's, a Cork family.

' On the north side stands this tomb, which is the largest and
the finest in the abbey. Owing to the height of the inscription
from the ground, and owing to its being covered with vegetation,
it was impossible to decipher it.

1 Mrs. James Talbot Power, of Leopardstown Park, County
Dublin, is now the only representative of the Hayes family.'

* By the east wall is a tomb bearing the inscription ' : —

The Burial Place of John Barry Murphy
of Coolmakee
'Who died Oct 17th 1818.

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• Note. — The slab bearing this inscription replaced, in 1818,
an older one, bearing the name of Dermod.Roe Murphy, 1710, who
in the Book of the Sales of Forfeited Estates, 1702-3, is described
as " Darby Murphy, owner of the townlands of Coolmakee, Innis-
keeraun (now Ryecourt), Knockshanavee, and Rathphelane and
Ballinguilla."

'J. O'M.'

I£iler<Mlan Clftiirels.vaid.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.J

'About 5 miles from Mogeely Station, and 2 miles east of
Ightermurragh Graveyard, is Kilcredan Churchyard, on a hillside
rising from the highroad, having on its northern side a Protestant
church — a plain structure, not very old. For its size, this church-
yard is thickly studded with headstones, mostly old, and many
moss-grown, and little or no attention seems paid to it. The
following are typical inscriptions : —

• Table-tomb ' :—

Here lyeth the Body of Mr William Heard who departed
this Life [ at Ballycrinnan Mar 9 1702 aged 68 years

Erected by Iohn Donovan of Boholan | in memory of
his Lamented Wife | Margaret Donovan alias Stafford |
who DepJ this Life Septr 27, 1831. Aged 51 years

Lord have mercy on the | soul of Wm Motherway who
died June the 4th, 1793 Aged 22 years — also on the
soul of his Sister Catherine who died — 1791 [Re-
mainder under ground.]

Here lyeth the Body of | Marv Cashman who Departed
this Life J The 10th of May 1790 | in the 24th year of
her age.

Erected by Mary Boogany alias ] Condon in memory of
her Father John Condon of | Bally Kenealy who
Depd this Life | April 28th 1828 aged 87 years.

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' Table-tomb ' :—

Here lies the Body of | Michael Forster Late of Bally -
maloe | in whom were happily united those | various
qualities that rendered him j Respected as a Neighbour
and Friend j He died October 19th 1818 in the 38th
year of his age. | May the Lord have mercy on his soul.
Amen.

Erected | By William Dunne of Ballybutler in memory
of his Beloved Mother Cathe Dunne alias Manning |
who depd this Life April 2nd 1847 aged 52 years.

Erected by John Motherway in memory of his beloved
father John Motherway | of Garryvoe I who departed
this life the 17th of March 1847 aged 62 years |
Also his Beloved Mother Mary Motherway alias
McCarthy | who died on the 9th of March 1847 aged
52 years.

Sacred to the memory of John Mahony who | departed
this Life March 2nd | 1792 aged 46 years Also of his
Grand Chil j dren. May he rest in peace .

Erected by Edm(l Donovan of Shanagarry | in memory
of his Brothers James and Mich1 Donovan | Jas. died
August 15th 1839 aged 36 years Mich1 died Mar 17th
1840 aged 38 years.

J&ilgiillauc Cl*urcli.vai*<l.

(Continued from jj. 11.)
[From Mr. James Buckley.]

I H S

Here Lyes ye Body of David Clancy who Dy'd aprill ye
23d 1754 igfa 66 yrs His Wife Cathn Drake Dy'd March
y* 5th 1741. Ag [buried]

I H S

Here lieth the body of John Pigot, m.d., deceased in the
year 1816 May his soul rest in peace.

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I H S

Here Lieth The Body of Mary Pigott otherwise [N]agle
wife of Iohn Pigott m.d. Who departed life The 15th of
Febr> 1788 Aged 38 Years A woman distinguished For
Piety Chanty and other christian virtues May Her Soul
Rest In Peace.

I H S

Here Lieth the Bodv of ! Margaret Pigot second Wife |
of Doct1 Pigots M.D. Deceasd | August 10th 1808 also
the Body j of Doctr Pigot Junr m.d. Decsd the Same
Week agd 22 Yrs | and the Body of • his Sister | Ann
Pigot Dec8d May 22(1 1810.

IH S

Here Lieth the body of
David Richard Pigot, son of
John Pigot m.d. and of
Margaret Pigot his wife
for 25 Years Lord Chief Baron
of the Court of Exchequer
deceased Dec1 21st 1873
aged 75 Years also
the body of Catherine Pigot
his wife daughter of
Walter Pave of Kilworth
deceased Dec1 16th 18G9
aged 70 Years
May their Souls rest in Peace

fCiliuulioii Cliiu-cliyarfl.

' This churchyard is close to the village of Shanagarry, about
1 miles south-east of the town of Cloyne, and, unlike Bohillane
and Garrivoo graveyards, it is full of headstones, nearly every one
of them much oat ot* the perpendicular. In it stands a weather-
beaten Protestant church, still used, with quite an ancient look,
though probably erected not earlier than the eighteenth century.

CORK.

258

There are several table-tombs, one with a very long Latin
inscription which time did not permit me to copy, nor any of the
others, save the following ' : —

Hie Mathias est Daly | vir vitae integri | annis septua
ginta duobus plenus | morti succulent | ante XII Cal,
Feb MDCCCXXvi. Kequiescat in pace.

4 On tablet inserted in the north wall is ' : —

In memory of | John Gaggin | who died January 1834
Aged 73 years j Also his Wife Jane | who died Oct
1840 Aged 80 years. Beneath also lie their children
and grand children

Here lieth the Body of | Bose Dea formerly of Shan-
garry | also her Father and Mother. May they rest in
peace.

This stone was erected | By Denis McCarthy in memory
of his Wife Elizabeth Cotter Daughter j of Margaret
Cotter. Died y6 25th of Novr 17ttj, aged 34 years.

Erected by John Sullivan of Ladysbridge in memory of
his beloved daughter Catherine | who depd this life 25th
June 1831 aged 17 years. May she rest in peace.

Erected | By | John Walsh in Memory of his wife Mary
Walsh | alias Connel who Died Nov 15th 1817 aged 55
years | Also his Two Sons John and Thomas | and Two
Daughters Margaret and Bridget. The said 4 Children
died Febry 24th 1820 May their souls rest in peace
Amen

Sacred | to the memory of Elizabeth Ronayne who died
6th October 1838 Aged 78 years. May she rest in peace

ICili'oituiic Cliureltj ar<l.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.t.]

1 Kilronane Churchyard, now better known as Ballylucra [?],
lies on the hillside, a short distance from the road leading north-
east from Riverstown village, and about 4 miles from Dun kettle
Railway Station. In it stands the Protestant Parish Church of

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Riverstown, a small, modern building, near which are several
large grave-plots,- enclosed by tall iron railings. The number of
evergreen shrubs planted in this churchyard gives it a pleasanter
aspect than is usually the case with the graveyards about here.
Probably the most interesting inscription to be found in it is the
following on a table-tomb ' : —

Lord have mercv j on the Soul of James | Brenan who
departed | This life | June 29th | 1801 Aged 57 years

years.

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200

Erected by | Johanna Riordon of Brooklodge | in
memory of her beloved husband Michael Riordon | who
depd this life June 18th 1840 | Aged 60 years

Erected | by Eugene Mc Sweeny j of the Little Island |
in memory of his beloved wife Margaret MeSweeny j
who died May 28th 18-10 Aged G4 years | Requescat in
pace | Also the burial place of himself & family.

IHS

Here | Lieth the remains of the | Rev. William
O'Keeffe f e e of Mitchelstown | who dep'1 this Life on
the 8th of January 1881 | Aged 36 years [Remainder
illegible.]

Erected by Thos Broderick in memory of his Father and
Mother ] Patrick and Bridget Broderick | . He died
Augst 22nd 1849 aged 70 years | She died April 13th
1850 aged 68 years

JLisloe C'la ur efi. yard.

[By James Coleman, m.e.s.a.i.]

1 Lislee Churchyard lies about 3 miles to vthe south-west of
Courtmacsherry. If only a tithe of the care and attention bestowed
on the portion of this graveyard immediately adjoining the
Protestant Church, which stands in its midst, was extended to the
remaining part, it would not be the disgrace to Christianity or to
civilization it now forms, owing to the horrid crop of weeds and the
fragments of coffins which cover the graves in the older portion.
No other graveyard in the County Cork shows so painfully that
class distinction is what is most thought of in this churchyard.
The following are the oldest inscriptions legible in it 1 : —

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* Table-tomb ' :—

This Tomb was erected in | Memory of Capt" Collin |
Campbell who departed this life the 1st Day of | August
1809 aged 52 years

This is | The Burying place | of James Griffin | and
Family | 1834.

This Stone was erected by Cornl3 | Collins to the
memory of | his father Timothy Collins | who departed
this life May 3rd 1790 Aged 73 years

Monaiiiiiiy Cluirc*lt.var<l.

[From James Buckley.]
(Continued from vol. vii, p. 19.)

Mich1, Riely of Droumsli<:o | Erected this in memory of
his | Father Daniel who died Aug8C | the 20th 1821 aged
75 ySB | also his Brother Denis who died Octbr ....
[Remainder buried.J

MociriiC Abbc.y.

[From James Buckley.]

(Continued from vol iii, p. 415.)

1 In the nave is a little quern, not previously referred to, which
measures 20 inches in diameter. It has a hole 2& inches wide,
perforated through the centre, and another, but smaller one, near
the edge. The headstones here are not numerous.'

CORK.

2G2

I.H.S

Here lies the Body of | Edmd Barrett of Bahan | who
died July 27th 1790 | Aged 48 May he rest in | Peace
Amen

I.H.S.

This Stone was erected j by Jerrimiah Lean in |
Memory of his Son | Cornelious who died June | 4th
1817 aged 17 yrs | Also his Daughter Bridget I Aged
7 years May their I Souls Rest in Peace Amen

Hoiioviil .I'ltitvcliyai'tl.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.]

' Nohoval Churchyard lies on the south side of Nohoval village,
about 3 miles from Ballyfeard. The Protestant Church, a plain,
but neat, modern edifice, stands in the south-west corner. The
graveyard is a small one, and the headstones few, and nearly all
recent. A large number of bodies recovered from the wreck of
the Killameif stenmev that was lost in 1838 in Bennies Bay, a
couple of miles to the south-east of Nohoval, were buried in this
churchyard ; but no monument was placed over them to indicate
where their remains lie.

' Within a large railed-in space are two table-tombs, side by side,
inscribed as follows ' : —

The Burying Place | oT the Rev. Achilles Daunt of
Newborough^ his Family dated the 24th j Dec. 1704.

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ESaltan Olrf C liui cltj artl.

[From Mr. James Buckley.]

(Continued from vol. v, p. 330.)

' The ruins of the old church are almost level with the ground.
About 20 feet in length of the north wall shows. There are but
few headstones here.'

I.H.S.

David Flynn Depad | this life September | ye 16 1770
aged | 52 years

Ioseph OBrien Erected this in memory of his son
David who died Janry the 28th 1791 Aged 19 y" the
Burial Place of Ellen Boche & family.

I.H.S,

Mathew & Jeremiah Corbett erected this in memory of
their Father Cornel8 Who died a.d. 1775 aged 40 yrs &
their Br Iohn who died a.d. 1787 aged 36 y™ May they
rest in Peace amen.

I.H.S.

Michael Higgins departed this life April y9 26th 1775
Aged 24 Years.

TempU'roUiii Cliiireliyai*tl. near Qtieeiistewn.

[From James Coleman, m.r.s.a.i.j

Because he hoped I will deliver him. I will promote him
because he hath known my Name Sacred to the memory
of John Joseph Therry, Esq | Commissioner of Excise |
"Who died on the 25th of May 1853 j Aged 86 years. His
cultivated mind and polished manner j Made him an
ornament to soqiety j And his liberal disposition won the
love | of all who came | within the circle | of his
influence.

-CORK.

261

' The table-tomb inscribed as above was covered with a growth
of ivy half a foot thick which had to be temporarily removed to
enable the inscription to be read. This..womM show that the
numerous similarly ivy-clad tombs in the next graveyard are at
least fifty years old.'

I.H.S.

Here lyeth the body i of John Barry who departed this
life | 24 May Anno Domini | 1776 aged 76 years.

Also to memory of Augustus Wm Barry | of Rosehill,
Ballinacuhra I' Eldest grandson of above | John
Barry | Lost at sea in the Madagascar 1852

LH.S.

Erected by | John O'Healy In remembrance of his
affectionate Brother | Timothy O'Healy | Died April 2
1836 Aged 53 years Bequiescant in pace Amen j This
stone is placed in the burial-place for the remains of his
affectionate wife & family.

' The above inscription shows that the " 0 " was one time
prefixed to this surname, though now universally omitted by
those who bear the Celtic name. It has been the present
writer's experience that a suggestion to resume the "0" where it
has been dropped, as above, is regarded as next to an insult,
though there are, of course, instances where it has been voluntarily
re-adopted.'

Mourn not for me, no sorrow make
But love my children for my sake.

1 Besides this being apparently the only headstone bearing a
rhymed inscription in Templerobin Churchyard, a sort of history
attaches to the grave which it marks. When it was being dug,

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within the precincts of the old temple or church, the diggers
discovered, under a large flat stone, a box which they were convinced
contained something of value, yet they were so timorous over it that
they consigned it again to the earth without opening it. This
incident became known, and was referred to in a Paper on Temple-
robin Churchyard, published about twenty years ago. This Paper
having come into the hands of C. S. Leslie, Esq., Kemway, Aberdeen,
f.s.a., Scotland, he wrote to make inquiries as to whether the box
had ever since been unearthed ; and learning that this was not the
case, he generously offered to bear the expenses of excavating for it.
Authority for the excavating having been obtained, the excavations
were made early in March, 1907, but no trace of the box could be
found.'

' John O'Keefle, one time a famous actor and playwright, who
spent the last years of his life in Southampton, bereft of sight, lies
^nried in the now disused graveyard off East Street, not far from
"■pints' Church, Southampton. He was born at Dublin on the
• ^e, 17-17. He wrote upwards of fifty comedies and farces,
: " . 'Mished in four volumes in 179S. He also wrote his
" • - published in 182G, which still form interesting

rewluij. ' .1 works, under the title of " O'KeefiVs Legacy

' ■> i: 'ere published in one volume: London, 1834.

} u*e1 . . a brief memoir of John O'Keeffe wTas published
. - "■ • of Southampton, not long since.'

Teniiileu&ciue Cliurcliyarcl.

[From James Coleman, m.e.s.a.t.]

' Like all the other churchyards in the vicinity of Cork Harbour
which take their names from the ancient " Teampuls " or churches
which stood in their midst, Templeusque stands on a bill which
gradually rises from the north bank of the River Lee, from which
this churchyard lies about 7 miles to the north-west from Dunkettle
Station, and is the most remote, isolated, and lonely of them all.
There must have been quite a muscular type of Christians in the
days when these " Teampuls " were built, ready to face wind and
weather, up such very steep hills, in order to attend to their Sunday
worship ; for it seems difficult to suppose that the young or the feeble
could possibly attend them, especially in wintry weather, on account
of their distance and inaccessibility. Here one would expect to
find the ancient "Teampul" in an almost perfect condition; but
instead of that the modern rural vandal lias not left a fragment of it

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206

remain, and, no doubt, utilized its stones in repairing the neighbour-
ing ditches and roads. As is the case with Ballylucra Churchyard,
even the most recent headstones are so lichen-grown as to make
it very difficult to decipher them. There are only two table-
tombs in Templeusque Churchyard, on which are the following
inscriptions 1 : —

I.H.S.

This Tomb Erected by | James Cronin | of Farran-
cleary Black j Pool Cork June th30 a.d. 1818

Here Lyeth the Body of William | Cahill Late of
Killicouch [?] who de | parted this Life The Thirtieth
Day of April and in the Year of our Lord | God 1730
and in the Eighty Second | YTear of his age j Here also
lye the Body of Joan Quin wife of John Cahill
[Remainder mostly illegible, ending with 1727.]

1 On ordinary headstones are the following representative
inscriptions ' : —

Erected by | John Barthw & Math* Cahill In Memory
of John Sin Barth | of Dunanough [?] | who died
Sepr 15 1813 Aged 27 years

Erected by \ John Madden \ in Memory of his Father |
Daniel Madden j who died Oct. 0lh 1886 | Aged lb
years | also to the memory of his mother | Mary
Madden [Remainder covered up.]

2G7

DONEGAL.

Erected by Eamound Downey in Memory | of his
father Martin Downey 1 who died May the third 1S11
Aged o2 years and also His | mother Died March the
7';j 1818 aged 51 years | also | his son Maurice Died
February 7, 1819 aged 15 years | also his uncelk John
died March the Third 1815 aged 52 years*.

'In raised letters ' : —

COUNTY DONEGAL.

B»It>tt!iaiinon— §t. Anno * Church.

[From John Hewetson, Esq., London.]

1 At the east end, opposite to the entrance gate, are the following
inscriptions upon five memorial stones, taking them from left to
right, viz.

4 Upon a recumbent stone 5 :—

Here lyeth the body of

Coyne Reynolds
who departed this life
the 2lUl day of May 1839
aged 54 years.

DONEGAL.

268

* To the right of above, upon an altar tombstone ' : —

Sacred to the memory of
Ann Reynolds
Eelict of Captn William Reynolds
and daughter of Colonel Thomas Wood, C.B.,
of the Bengal Engineers who departed
this life at Barryburn near Derry
. on the 18th day of October 183G
aged 43 years.

1 The next, a flat one ' :—

HERE LYES JEAN

BANERMAN AL
IAS FORBES WHO
DYED SEPTEMBER
THE SEVENTH

1681 AGED 63.

' Next to the last-named is a recumbent stone, showing in very
bold relief a carved golden eagle displayed, surmounted by an
esquire's helmet, and inscribed ' : —

Here lieth the Body of Mich1
Hewetson Esqre who departed

this Life Nov1 ye 2d 1753
aged 86 years.

' Near to and behind (west of) the above four tombstones is
another flat one with the following inscription ' : —

HERE LYES EDWARD
EORBES, MASTER OF
ARTS, m BOTH THE
COLLE1GES (sic) OF ABER-
DEEN (sic) AND DUBLIN, OR-
DAINED DEACON
BY THE B. OF LONDON.
WHO DYED AUGUST 1711
IN THE 26 YEAR OF HIS
AGE.

flapltoe— Ruins of tfie ICishop's I*alaee.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

'The palace was burnt down many years ago, it is said, by a
man who thought that ho could obtain a lease of the demesne on

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cheaper terms if there was no residence! Now only the walls
remain. The outer wall is embattled, and Has some loopholes for
musketry. At each corner is a sort of square tower. On the
towers at each side of the front porch are shields of arms, as
follows : —

1 Front of right-hand tower, quarterly one and four, on a bend
three buckles; two and three, a lion rampant; supporters, two
griffions ; an earl's coronet surmounts the coat, which is that of
Leslie, Earl of Rothes, and beneath is the motto, 44 Grip fast."
The carving of this coat is in a more ancient style than that of the
other coats subsequently described; and whereas they are cut in a
sort of Portland stone, it is in a sort of blue soap-stone. At the
base of this tower, near the ground, cut in a similar stone to the
arms above, is the following inscription' : —

10: LESL/EVS EPS : RAPOT IMUM
POSVIT LAPIDEM 17 MAM 1636
SUPREMVIYI 19 AVG 1637
TRANSLAT SU£ 5. .

• Translation ' : — -- —

' John Leslie, Bishop of Raphoe, laid the foundation-stone
17 May, 1G36, and the coping-stone 19 August, 1637, in the 5th year
of his translation ' [from the See of Orkney to that of Raphoe] .

1 At the side of this tower is the following coat : — Quarterly of
six — 1. A chevron between three lions' heads affronte. 2. A cross
degraded. 3. A cross patee. 4. On a pale a human figure (?).
5. A saltire charged with ... 6. A fesse dancettee. Supporters,
dexter, a gritnon; sinister, a lion. Motto, "En Dieu est tout."
Surmounting arms a viscount's coronet. Crest defaced. On the
tower, to the left of the porch, in front, coat-of-arms, a chevron
between three . . . (?). Shield surmounted by a ducal (?) coronet,
and surrounded by the riband of some order (? Garter). Supporters,
bustards. Crest, a bustard (? or some other bird). Motto, defaced.

'On the side of this tower is the following :— Arms, a lion
rampant between three crosses fitchee, two in chief and one in
base impaled with a lion rampant. Supporters, lions. Crest, a
demi-lion rampant, holding in its paws a cross litchee. Motto, " . . .
et fortitudinem."

4 In the wall, behind the right-hand tower, is a low doorway,
with the following carved above "it : — Arms, on a fesse three buckles
(Leslie), surmounted by a bishop's mitre. Motto beneath defaced.'

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COUNTY DOWN.

BaiiT>i*icl£'e. olrt Presbyterian ClmrelijarO, Parish
at Seapatriek.

[From Captain E. Linn, Christchurch, New Zealand.]

Here Lieth the Body of

Robert M*Night who
departed this Life 17th of
Jany. 176G in the C9 year of his age.
also of Patience his
wife, 1st Nov. 1789 & 74, To
whose memory tins monument
was erected by their only sur-
viving issue Sarah McCreedy
wife of the Rev. Alexander
M'Creedy vicar of Tullynakill

A MEMORIAL,

Of the esteem and regard of the
Presbyterian Congregation of Banbridge,
To their late Pastor,

, , THE REV. NATHANIEL SHAW.

A man distinguished in public and private life, by an unbending

integrity of

principle, and an undeviating adherence to truth.
His house was the asylum of the unfortunate, and the seat of
unaffected hospitality.
Whilst his heart embraced the human kind, his particular friend-
ships

were warm, and generous, and active.
Convinced of the importance of Christianity he laboured in
its cause with ability, zeal and effect.
He died on the 3rd of July, in the year of Lord 1812, in the 53rd

year of his age
and 23rd of his ministry.

j ERECTED

In memory of
The Rev'1 James Davis, m.a.
Late minister of the First Congregation
of Banbridge
Who died 21st July 1847, in the 05th year of

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His age, and 34th of his ministry
Leaving in the hearts of all who knew him an
Abiding memory of his pure virtues as a man
And of his Eminence, Zeal, Faithfulness and
Ability as a minister of Christ.
** They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament,
and they that turn many to righteousness
as the stars for ever and ever."
Likewise his wife Isabella, who died
13th May 1866, in the 8-lth year
of her age.

Here Lies the Body
of William llerron
Who departed this Life
In the year 1758

Donas'liaclec Church.

[From Francis C. Crossle, m.b., and Philip Crossle.]

' Donaghadee Church anciently constituted part of the posses-
sions of the monks of Black Abbey, Newtownards, in the County
of Down. This connects the church with the monks of Bangor,
who did so much for the spread of Christianity, not only in Ireland
but in England and upon the Continent. If local tradition be of
any weight, Donaghadee is linked to the Church of the past by yet
more sacred ties. Within the bounds of the parish is Temple-
patrick, said to be a landing-place of St. Patrick, the Apostle of
Ireland, upon our soil. Most Irish antiquaries are agreed that
St. Patrick landed at Templepatrick, near to Donaghadee, in the
County Down ; and the fact that Portpatrick in Scotland is directly
opposite to Donaghadee is an argument for the honour which this
parish claims. The present church was rebuilt in 1626 by Hugh,
First Viscount Montgomery, stated as follows in the " Montgomery
Manuscripts" : — " The First Viscount Montgomery wholly repaired
the church of Greyabbey. Then his lordship built the great church
and bell- tow er* in Donaghadee, near the mount and town, and
Portpatrick church also ; both of them large edifices, each having
four gable-ends (for the figures of them are crosses), raised on new
grounds, and slated, now in good repair, as the rest are, apparent
to the view of all men."

* Mrs. Reilly's book — valuable from her connexion with Grey-
abbey — states that " the churches of Greyabbey and Comber were
repaired, and the church built at Donaghadee, in 1626 "; and if

* The lower portion of the walls of the beil-tower is over six feet in
thickness for some lifteen feet high from the ground at the present date (1008).

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Hugh Viscount Montgomery were the founder, the above accounts
seem to be true, as he died in the year 1G3G.

'The church, as it stood before the enlargement in 1881,
corresponds with the description given by Harris, in 1744, in his
" Antient and Present State of County Down," p. 66. He describes
the church of Donaghadee as " an old building," but "is in good
repair, and erected in the form of a cross, with narrow Gothic
arch windows.* At the west end of it there is a square steeple, not
so high as the church, and seems never to have been finished. The
church stands on an eminence at the north-west end of the town,
and may be seen in clear weather from Port Patrick in Scotland.
Very near the church stands the vicarage-house, where the
incumbent resides on his glebe."

' Mary Angelica, Countess of Mount Alexander, by her will,
bearing date 30th May, 1764, bequeathed £100 "to be laid out in
repairing the parish church of Donaghadee," and also " the clear
yearly sum of £120 a year, " of which£20 a year to be paid to a licensed
English schoolmaster, who shall be of the Protestant religion ; £80
a year to be laid out in clothing of thirty poor children ; £10 a year to
be divided into apprentice fees for such of the said children as shall
be apprenticed to Protestant tradesmen ; £50 to be divided, share
and share alike, to twenty-five poor housekeepers in Donaghadee ;
and the remaining £10 to be paid yearly to the officiating clergy-
man of Donaghadee for reading morning prayers on every
Wednesday and Friday throughout the year in the Parish Church
of Donaghadee. The above parochial school still flourishes (1901),
being now under the National Board, and is one of the best in
Donaghadee.

' From the Vestry-book we find that in April, 1781, Daniel
Delacherois, Esquire, was permitted to erect two seats at the upper
end of the west aisle of the church for the use of himself and his
family, and to erect a gallery over said seats for the use of the
said scholars of the church, endowed by the late Countess of Mount
Alexander.

* Dr. "YVilloughby Semphill, by his will, dated 25th August,
1783, and proved 17th October, 1785, bequeathed the annual sum
of £20, being the chief rent of old custom-house, Donaghadee, to
the vicar and churchwardens of the Parish of Donaghadee, for the
benefit of the poor of the parish. Captain Nicholas Delacherois
(late 9th Foot), of Cherryvalley, by will, proved 10th April, 1829,
also bequeathed £100, the interest of which, with the former
bequest, is (1908) still annually distributed by the rector among
the poor every Christmas.

* These windows are (1908) still in the church, the architecture being very
similar to that at Greyabbey, and they have still the original stained glass,
said to be over 5C0 years old.

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4 The Rev. Francis Edward Lascelles began to build a parsonage*
liouse on the 29th of April, 1810, finished it, and went to reside
there on the 4th of May, 1818.

* From the Vestry-book we find that on the 17th of April, 1827,
a sum of £58 9s. lOd. was spent in slating and repairing the roof
of the church ; also similar sums spent in the years 1828-'29-'30,
and '31 for the same purpose.

' In 1830 the Lord Primate, Lord John George de la Poer
Beresford, gave the Pev. John Hill, vicar, the rectorial tithes,
and made him rector, as Mr. Hill gave up his right of presentation
to the newly formed Parish of Carrowdore, which had been part of
Donaghadee Parish.

'Lewis, in his " Topographical Dictionary of Ireland," 1837.
states: " The living is a vicarage, in the Diocese of Down, and is
in the patronage of the Lord Primate. At its institution, it was
endowed with ail the altarages, and one-third of the tithes of corn
and hay, and one-half of the townland of Mulletullenaghragh as a
glebe. The rectory is appropriate to the See of Armagh. The
tithes amount to £720, of which £480 is paid to the lessee of the
appropriate, and £2-40 to the Vicar."

' In 1833 the lofty tower was completed at the western end of
the church, on the wall of the old existing tower, at the expense of
the late Daniel Delacherois, Esq., aided by jgffl bequeathed for that
purpose by the late Captain Delacherois (9th Foot) of Cherry vale.
And from the Vestry-book we find that, on the 9th of April, 1833,
the Vestry express to Daniel Delacherois, Esq., their M grateful
sense of his liberality in having, almost at his own cost, and without
any charge to the parish, built a handsome and ornamental tower
to the church." This was the only part of the church built in
1833, and not the whole church, as stated by Knox.

' It is also recorded in the Vestry-book on the 2nd April, I860,
that the Vestry record their "grateful sense of the untiring and
•efficient aid, and of the liberal contributions in money, which their
-Churchwarden, Mr. Daniel Delacherois of the Manor House, has
given in order to carry out in the best manner the recent improve-
ments and enlargements of the Parish Church. "

1 In 1877 a fine-toned bell, by the celebrated J. Murphy, of
Dublin, weighing almost one ton, was presented by Daniel Dela-
cherois, d.l., who also closed in the church-tower with windows and
louvres, and put in a new floor and staircases at a cost of over
£300. . ■ •

'In 1878, shortly after the appointment of the present rector, and
for some years previously, the church was found to require enlarge-
ment and improvement, both as to the structure and re-seating.
This was happily effected in July, lbSl ; and when the church
was re-opened for service on the 3rd of that month, it presented a
.greatly improved appearance. The Eev. li. H. Coote and the local

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proprietor, D. Deiacherois, Esq., with the help of many kind
friends, raised a sum of $1,460 (£100 grant from the Beresford
Fund), which was laid out according to the plans of Timothy Hevey,
architect, and, after his death, under the superintendence of J. H.
Fullerton, of Armagh. The cruciform shape has heen retained,
while two sides of one aisle have been enlarged. Two rows of
columns of polished Newry granite support the arches of that aisle.
The capitals and bases are of Dungannon stone, and Dundonald
stone arches support the roof of the church. The ceiling is panelled
with pitch-pine, and neat benches replace the old box-pews. The
general style of the building is early English. Erom 1)0 to 100
additional sittings were obtained by the enlargement. The church
was re-opened by the late Right Rev. Robert Knox, Lord Bishop of
the Diocese (afterwards Primate of All Ireland), who preached on
the occasion.

; On the death of Mrs. Deiacherois on the 4th December, 1891,
it was felt by many in the parish that some memorial should be
erected to her memory ; and this sentiment having been generally
expressed, a committee w7as formed on the 30th January, 1892, to
give it practical shape. After due consideration, the committee
resolved that the object could best be accomplished by erecting a
clock in the church tower. Accordingly, in June, 1892, the clock
was erected, and while being a suitable memorial to perpetuate the
memory of Mrs. Deiacherois, is a great boon to the town. The
striking of the hours, on the fine bell erected in the church tower
by Mr. Daniel Deiacherois, d.l., some years ago, is heard all
through the town, and in favourable weather for miles around.'

' These particulars are principally taken fromLavensM. Ewart's
" Handbook of the United Diocese of Down, Connor, and Dromore,,>
supplemented by notes from the authorities named.'

1 The following books are kept in the safe of the parish
church ' : —

'Register of marriages, " presented to the Rev. .John Hill,
Vicar, 1838, by Mrs. George Leslie," containing a record of
marriages solemnized in the church between the years 1775 and
1777.'

* The register book of the Parish of Donaghadee, Nicholas
Hamilton, Vicar, 1778, contains the following items of interest : —

1 6 April, 1779, Vestry granted lis. 9d. to repair damages done
in the Barrack by Legerwood wThen out of his reason and confined
there. Also the sum of £2 5s. Od. to reimburse Mr. Galbraith for
his trouble and expense in making and putting up a Dial on the
South Gable of the Church.

' 13 April, 1784. The burying-ground enlarged at an expense
of £5 13s. 9d., and for a number of years subsequently similar small
sums were voted for the improvement of the Church Yard.

* 5 Sept., 1797. The sum of Sixpence per acre levied off the

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Landholders of the Parish to raise a fund sufficient to furnish sub-
stitutes for service in the militia.

4 25 March, 1799. Mr. Hutcheson awarded £2 16s. lOJd. for
money advanced by him for repairing the hearse.

4 20 April, 1802. £6 16s. 6d. devoted to the purchase of a new
hearse.

1 8 April, 1806. £1 19s. 3d. devoted to the erection of a shed
for the hearse.

1 19 April, 1808. £2 5s. 6d. devoted to repairing hearse &
procuring tackling and harness for it.

4 15 Nov., Ib09. A large committee appointed to levy 5s. 5d.
per head from each man liable to service in the Militia.

* This book also contains at the end a " Registry of Marriages,
Christenings & Burials in the. Parish of Donaghadee, as came to
the knowledge of the Vicar the Reyd Nicholas Hamilton, since
1st August, 1771," consisting of forty pages of parchment, closely
written, the last entry being dated 21th March, 1816.'

4 The Register of Vestry Meetings, and of Burials, Baptisms,
and Marriages in the Parish of Donaghdee from 1816 to 1844,
contains the following items of interest ' : —

1 List of Vicars of Donaghadee —

' The Rev. Mr. Babbington.

4 The Rev. Mr. Nevin. ' ;

4 The Rev. Peter Winder.

1 The Rev. Nicholas Hamilton, 1770.

* The Rev. Francis Hutcheson, d.d., 1787.

1 The Rev. Francis Edward Lascelles appointed Vicar of
Donaghadee, June, 1814, on the vacancy occasioned by the death of
the late Vicar, the Rev. Francis Hutcheson, d.d.

4 The Rev William Boyd, in 1824, on the appointment of the
late Vicar to the Vicarage of Saint Andrew in the Barony of the
Ards, & County of Down.

' The Rev. John Hill, 18S0.

4 The Rev. Richard Henry Coote, a.b., t.c.d., 1877, the present
(1908) Incumbent.'

4 Succession of Presbyterian ministers in the meeting-house of
Donaghadee ' : —

* Rev. Mr. Warnock.
4 Rev. Mr. Adams.

4 Rev, Mr. Goudy.
4 Rev. Mr. Knox.
4 Rev. Mr. Arnold.
4 Rev. Mr. Skeily.

* Rev. Mr. M'Auley, 1822. A second meeting-house was built
in this year for Rev. Mr. Skeily.

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4 Copy of a Letter received from Bishop Mant by the Revd F. K.
Lascelles on the Subject of the Donaghadee Charities.

1 20 August, 1817. An Address was presented by the Parish
to the Rev. Edward Hamilton, who for upwards of five years had
ofiiciated as Curate of the Parish. The Vestry-book -contains a
copy of the Address & Mr. Hamilton's Reply, the latter being dated
from Philipstown.

' 13 June, 1821. A Committee, previously appointed, present a
plan for superintending •& regulating the begging Poor of the town
& parish, whereby they should be required to wear badges to be
provided for them at the expense of the Parish, & that they should
be permitted to beg in the town of Donaghadee on Saturday & in
the Country on Wednesday in each week & on no other days on
penalty of their badges being withdrawn & their being liable to be
punished as Vagrants. Printed notices to be posted up at the
several avenues to the town & in other conspicuous places
throughout the Parish to warn the persons so concerned.

4 20 April, 1824. A sum of 14s. 8d. voted for poisoning rats in
the Churchyard.'

' This book also contains ' : — -

4 Seventy-six pages of baptisms., amongst which are interspersed
occasional records of marriages, the earliest entry being 18th August,
1816, and the latest 14th December, 1845.

4 Seventeen pages devoted to marriages alone, the earliest entry
being 11th October, 1824, and the last 10th September, 1844.

4 Several other books of baptisms, marriages, and burials of a
more modern date.

f The following silver vessels are kept in the safe in the
church : —

4 Silver cup, bearing an inscription as follows ' : —

The Communion Cup of Donoughodee Cap". Iohn
Montgomery and "William Pinkstan Churchwardens
1695.

4 But there are no other marks on the cup/

4 Silver cup bearing the following marks ' : —
I : Rofs. 1712.
. Harp, crowned.

Date letter stands for 1739 (a black-letter T on a shield).
Maker's initials, D.R.

4 Flagon, bearing the following inscription and marks ' : —

DONAGHADEE CHURCH
1861.

H. W. k Co.

E. P. ,
Two crossed keys.

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4 Silver collection plate, bearing the following marks ' : —
Date, 17 : 3.
Harp, crowned.
Maker's initials, C. L.
Hibernia.

'Massive tomb or vault, surrounded by high railings, with
Nos. 1 and 2 tablets on the roof, and Nos. 3 and 4 slabs on the
ground, lying flat, in front of the vault ' ; —

< I. White Marble Slab ' :—

In* Memory of
Louis William second son of Samuel Delacherois,
of Donaghadee,
born 13th may, 1858, died 12th june 1892.

< II. White Marble Slab ' :—

This Tablet and Cross are placed on this Vault Sept., 1892,
by Daniel Delacherois, Esq., d.l.
IN affectionate remembrance of his father,
Samuel Louis Delacherois, late captain in the Antrim militia
born 15th april 1785. died 3rd jan., 1836.
and of his mother
Mary, daughter of John Rowland, Esq., of London,
born Sept., 1792. married 20th Oct., 1820. died 28th april, 1874.
and of his three brothers and three sisters
Frances Mary, born 27th Oct., 1826. died in Dublin
10th March, 1838.
interred in mount jerome cemetery.
Mary born 17th dec, 1822. died 5th may, 1839.
Louis Lieut royal navy, born 25th oct., 1830. died 8th oct.,
1859, FROM hardships in the service of his country
during the crimean war.
Jane born 25th march, 1833. married William Young, Esq.,
of ballywillwill, co. down, 2nd FEB., 1857.
DIED S.P. 21st NOV., 1866.'
Alexander born 4th dec, 1834. died 2 1st now. 1873.
Nicholas of Bally william, co. down, j.p.
late lieut. 7th dragoon guards.

BORN 21ST JUNE, 1824. DIED S.P. loTH JAN., 1874.

III. Flat Painted Slab ' :—

Here Lieth the Body of
Mr. John Nevin of Craigboy, who died 19
November, 1778. Aged 59 Years.

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And of his wife Elonor (sic) Nevin otherwi
McGown who died 23 August 1700 Aged
63 Years. Here Lieth the Body of
Benjamin Nevin late of Ballymackruife

'IV. Flat Painted Slab': —

HEBE LIETH THE BODY OF
DAVID NEVIN WHO DEPARTED
THIS LIFE APBILE THE 22nd
1779 AGED 68 YEARS
ALSO HIS DAUGHTER ELLINOR
NEVIN AGED 1 YEAR.

' White Marble Slab, placed over door of vault, on the outside
of wall of north transept of the church ' : —

This Vault was enlarged

Daniel Delacheeois, Esq., j.p.
of the Manor House, Donaghadee, a.d. 1868.
Within rest the Remains
of

Mary Ceommelix, born died uxmd

AGED 80

>axiel Delacherois, Esq., j.p.

jorx 23 June, 1735, died 15 March, 1790

Iary Delacherois, his wife
.orx 17 died 10 Dec. 1837

aged

axe Hammond, widow (her sister)
orx died 9 Nov. 1814.

aged

Daniel Delacherois, Esq., j.p., d.l.
born 1 dec. 1783, died 1 oct. 1850, uxmd

Mary Delcherois, his sister

borx 11 April, 1790, died 10 March 1854 usmd

Ellen daughter of George Leslie Esq cfc
wife of Daxiel Delacherois, Esq., a.m., d.l.. j.i
borx 7th Oct. 1S27, she died 4th dec. 1891.

Edmund Bourjoxval Delacherois, Esq.
m.d., t.c.d. of Brighton, secoxd sox of Daniel
Delacherois, Esq., m.a. . t.c.d.. d.l. ,j.p. bokx 20t:
january, 1861. married 7tii january 1m>3 a xl
died s.p. 1st juxe, 1901, at saxdford xear
Bristol from a carriage accidext, aged 40.

* Upright slate headstone' : —

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DOWN.

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

* Upright slate headstone' : —

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the | Body of Hugh Rufsel, who died | Dec.
22'1 1803 M 80 Yrs alio his | Wife Jean Rufsel who died
May | 17th 1803 M 76 yrs alio Margaret j Rufsel Wife
to Jas Rufsel, who died | Feb. 28th 1789 M 21 yv% alfo
3 Children | Also Andrew Russel who died April | 20th
1827 2E> 41 years Alfo the said Jas Bttffel who died Decr
30th 1829. ! jE 72 YV Alfo John Ruff el who died | 17th
April 1834 M 74 Yr Alio Eliza | Russel who died 5 Mav
1836 JE 74 YV | And also Mary Russel, Daughter of
the above mentioned ] Eliza Russel. who departed this
life on the 6th day of | December 1857, aged 63 years.
Also Eliza | Russel, who departed this life the 7th
August | 1864, Aged 69 years.

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

■* Upright freestone headstone ' : —

DOWN.

280

1 Upright slate headstone ' : —

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here lieth : ye Body
of Margret Coreley : who Departed
this lif : July ye<25 J735 • Aged
48 years ^ Alfo Catrina Bell
who Died : Decbr. ye 22d. J735
Aged J7 years : wife & Daughter
to John Bell

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

1 Upright freestone headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of j Ann Clark Wife to Will*
Yeacock | Who Deptd. this Life June the 22* | J79J
M 27 Yrs. Also her Husband | Willm Veacock Mariner

who | Dcpd. this Life July the 2Sth | 1803 M 43 YV.

Here also is | interred the Body of Mary Ann Yea | cock
of D- Dee wife to William Yeacock j who departed this
life 8th. Octr. 1829 M 67 Yrs | And Two of their Grand
Children, viz. Mary | Ann McIlvening who died A.D.
1819 Aged G | Months. And William who departed
this | life the 5tU January 1839 aged 10 Years. | also
jane mcilvening, who j departed this life on the 27th day
of [ January 1800 in the G3r,i year of her age | Blessed
are the dead which die in the Lord. | Inscribed by James
Patton in Loving Memory | of his Wife Louis F.
Macminn Patton, who | died 13:h March 1894. Aged
71 years.

281

DOWN.

'.Upright slate headstone ' : —

ERE lieth y" body | of : jean fimpfon wife | to
-james fimpson : who | Died . May ye 19TU . 1751
Aoed | 45 years'-

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lyeth ye Body of | Margrat Barkley wife of will™ |
Adams who Dep : this Life | March ye 4tU 1768 M 74
Years. | this is Andrew barkley's burying place.

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here lyeth the Bodys' of | Margaret Meable and J |
ean Bailie Children to 13- | avid Bailie late of
Miln Ifle.

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

[the Bod]y: of james barck
[ley] who Died : novbr. yc 2
. . . : Aged . 2 years^
[Also A]ndrew Barkley, who died
the 4th of Decr 1753 Aged 55

ere lieth

Years

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of John Mc
Cartney, who Died Decbr the 28th 1S00
M 82.

Here Lteth the Body of Iames
McCartney son of Io McCartney
of Belryvester Who died
Jan. 80™ 1775 Aged 31

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1 Upright freestone headstone ' : —

1 Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of Jane | Crooks otherwife
M°Gown | wife to Thomas Crooks who | Died April y*
8. J772 JE 78 years.

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here lieth ye body | of Margaret fulartoun who j
died june ye . 26 . J734 . Aged | 3 . years ^

4 Upright slate headstone ' : —

4 Upright slate headstone ' : —

erected | by | John Fullerton j of | Donaghadee j In
memory of his Son John, who died 25th | Oct. 1837 Aged

3 Years & 4 Months. | of his Son |

William Fullerton the 8th day of August |

years.

Here Lieth the Bodv of | Samuel Atchison wh° | Deptd
this Life June ye | 2d 1792 Aged 83 years.

4 Upright freestone headstone in railed-in enclosure' : —

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alias McKee, who died 3r'1 Sept., | 1890 in her 78th
year. | Also the above named John Fullerton who died
9ta January | 1892 Aged 92 Years.

4 Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of | Janet Taylor Daughter | of
Nevin Taylor in Cr- | eighboy who Deptd this Life Feb.
the 27th 1766 | Aged 6 Years.

4 Upright freestone headstone ' : —

Here lyeth y body of
Patrick Hunter who died

september y J7liI 1723.

AGED 70 YEARS

ALSO HIS WIFE AGNES MOORE
e

DIED IULY Y J7XH J7JJ AGED 44
YEARS.

Also James Hunter departed this
life December the 10th 1761 aged
70 Years.

4 Upright slate headstone ' : —

4 Upright red freestone headstone ' : —

WHEN
ON THIS STONE

you cast an eye

R MEMBER [sic] ON

MORTALITY AS J
AM NOW SO MUST

THOU BE THINK
O MAN THAT

THOU MUST DIE

Here lieth Y8
Body of david

Hank a who
died febr* Ye3
J734 aged 24

YEARS.

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284

1 Upright slate headstone. ' :—

Here Lies the Bodys of | 4 Children of Kevin Tay- | lor
D. Dee 1784.

* Upright freestone headstone ' : —

1 Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here lieth the body of j Jane Morison wife to j John

T [SIC] e

Eoberson who died I Oct* y 28th 1763 aged 53 | years.

' Flat slate slab ' :—

' Flat slate slab ' : —

285

DOWN.

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

This is William Dalys Burring [ste] Plac [ And here Lieth
his Daughter Jean | who Departed this Life June the
6 j 1798, Aged 17 years Alfo here Lieth | his Ion John,
Aged 4 years. Alfo his j Daughter Augnas [sic] Aged 2
Years | Alfo his Wife Mary Ronney, who I depth [sic]
this life June 25th 1804 M j 55 Years.

' Upright slate headstone ': —

e e

4 Upright slate headstone ' : —

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body | of Martha Kidell Wife of | John
Campbell who dep: | this Life Febr ye 4th 1745 | Aged
42 years.

DOWN.

286

1 Upright slate headstone '

' Upright slate headstone ' : —

' Upright sandstone headstone ' : —

Here lieth the body of | Jean McCollogh who died |
August 15th 1766 aged 30 Years | Also of .... of her
Children.

* Upright slate headstone ' : —

4 Upright slate headstone ' : —

4 Upright slate headstone ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of | John Kennedy, Who DepT this
Life March ye 3tb [&ic] J773 iE 64 years.

287

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' Flat freestone slab ' : —

1 Flat slate slab ' : —

Here lies the Remains of | Bridget Mulhollan who
Depart'1 | this Life November the 20th | 1786 Aged 70
Years.

1 Upright slate headstone ' :--

Here lieth the | Body of John | [name

illegible] who Departed this | life Septebr ye 10th1736 |
Aged 72 years Alfo his | Wife Janet Ackin who died |
ft bry f 13th 1721 Aged 65 years.

(To he continued.)

1><mvii putrid* CatluMlral. 01«I Gravoyarrt.

[From Major R. R. G. Crookshank.]

THE BURYING GROUND BELONGING TO THE | SAVAGES
FAMILY OF MONEYCAKRAGH | ANNO DOMINI 1819.

' Two large horizontal flat stones placed side by side, lying
north and south. Inscription on western stone at eastern edge,
south of Cathedral, west of graveyard.'

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288

1 Upright stone, very rough, south of Cathedral, north of
St. Patrick's tomb, and close to it': —

Here | Lyeth ye Body of John Savage leat [sic] of I
Mahavaloon Who Departed ys Life Novr | ye 27 1774
MA 66 years.

Sca]iatricU Cllnrcli.

[From Captain Linn, f.e.s.a.i., Christ Church, New Zealand.]
' On a mural tablet ' : —

ERECTED
AS A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION
BY A BELOVED WIFE AND ONLY SISTER
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN WELSH, ESQR. LP.
OF CHINAULY IN THE COUNTY OF DOWN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV. XXV, MDCCCLIV
IN THE LXI YEAR OF HIS AGE.
ELIZABETH WELSH
WIFE OF THE ABOVE NAMED JOHN WELSH

DIED NOVEMBER 15* 1873
LEAVING THE RESIDUE OF HER PROPERTY
AMOUNTING TO £6434. 13. 6
TO THE CHURCH OF IRELAND.

' On a tablet ' :—

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
CATHERINE
RELICT OF THE LATE JOHN ROBINSON, ESQ.,
POSSESSING A PECULIAR
CHEERFULNESS GREATNESS

AND STRENGTH OF MIND
A CONSTANT LOVELINESS OF
DISPOSITION AND EXTREME SYMPATHY

FOR THE TRIALS OF OTHERS.
Mrs ROBINSON EXHIBITED IN HER LIFE
THE HAPPINESS OF CHRISTIAN HOPE,
WITH THE BENEVOLENCE
OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY
AND DIED IN FAITH OF JESUS
ON 16* DAY OF JANUARY 1853.
AGED 65 YEARS.
Oh ho»v I love Thy law. — Psa. cxix. 97.

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Tiilljmore Park, near IBr^ ansforcl.

[From Captain G. S. Cary, r.i.c]

' Inscription on the monument on the lawn at Tullymore Park,
in front of the house ' : —

This monument was placed here
By a fond and affectionate father
To the Memory
Of a heloved son.
The Hofible James Bligh Jocelyn R.N.,*
Who on the 10* day of July, 1812,
In the 23d year of his age,
Departed this mortal life,
In consequence of an attack of asthma,
Occasioned by his professional exertions
In the Service
of

His King and Country.

COUNTY DUBLIN.

-t'of manst o w ii Cliuroli.yai'cl.

[From Mr. James Fowler.]

4 This churchyard is situated near the Rathcoole gate of Athgoe
Park, some hundred yards from the barbican of Colmanstown Keep.
Near the latter is a large, grey boulder, beneath which tradition saith
there is treasure. To gain this one must go at midnight, but going
is vain because the spectre of a murdered man, mounted upon a
white steed, drives off the treasure-seeker. Many years ago two of
Mr. Locke-O'Carroll's tenants had the hardihood to dig under the
stone. They found a secret passage, at the end of which they saw
some ancient holy vessels ; they feared to touch them. There seems
to be somewhat in this, as the" road near the place sounds hollow
when a car is driven over it. The churchyard is encompassed by a
somewhat circular wall of little height. It is honeycombed with
rabbit burrows, hi side the wall round the graveyard are some
remains of a trench once encircling it. The ruins of the church,

* Second son of Robert, Second Karl of Roden.

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290

marked " chapel " on the ordnance map, now exist only as founda-
tions. I copied all the inscriptions I could see, but others, including
a seventeenth-century tombstone, are said to exist beneath the earth
and weeds which overspread this graveyard like many another one
in Dublin.

' The inscriptions run as follow' : —
' An upright stone ' :

RICHnl,
RINKEL

[Cherub]

IHS

This Itone was Erected
by Patrick Rinkle of the par-
ish of the parish Sagart
Heare Lieth the Body of his
Father Richard Rinkt-e who
Departed this Life Ma'ch the 25th

1743 Aged 68 Years
Heare also Lieth M aught Rinkle
wife of the above
Richard aged 80 years
Also his Son edmend Rinkle [sic']

In hoc IHS Signo \ inces

[On Sun]
This Stone was Erected
by Peter Dunn in Memo0'
of his AVife Bridget Dunn
who Departed this Lite
March 18,!l 1700 aged 52 year3
And the Lord have mercy
on her Soul Amen h$

IHS

This Stone and Burial place Belongeth to Patt Lynch
and His family (?) Here Lyeth the Body of Bridget
Matthf.w[s] Who Departed This Life December ye 21**
17G2 [fiO •?] Aged 22 years

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Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

+
I H S

Chalice (on Sun) Chalice

Erected by John Wynne of Naas in memory oi his
dearly beloved Wife Eliza Wynne who departed this life
on the 18th day of June 1869 Aged 60 years

4 The next stone has the same heading ' : —

Erected by Patrick Byrne of Windmill Hill in memory
of his beloved Brother Morgan who died 10th Sept 1664
Aged 78 years, also of his Sister Mary Byrne who died
•29Tl1 March 1869 aged 60 years

Ecce Agnus Dei
(The Agnus Dei)

Erected by M,s Mary Byrne of PunchestowTn in memory
of her brother Henry &c &c 1851-1858

4 The next headstone is broken into three pieces, which are at
distance of some yards from each other. The first, fitted into
original socket, runs ' : —

Ecce Agnus Dei
Gloria in [an Agnus Dei] Excelsis Deo

Erected

Mr Laurence McArdle of
Drum gun n
in memory of his . . .

The second fragment runs ' : —

Wife Margaret
McArdle alias Byrne
who depl1 this life
4th of Octbr, 185S aged 29
years
In thee 0 Lord has
She hoped let her
never be confounded

On the last fragment ' : —

Kequiescat in Pace

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IH S

This Stone was erected by Mr Patrick Cantfield of
Dorset Street in the City of Dublin to the memory of
his dearly beloved Wife MrS Winfrbd Cantfield who
Departed this life February the 26th 1810 Aged 46 years.
Here also lieth the body of his dearly beloved Brother
M* James Murphy who died 1778 aged 37 years and his
wife Catharine who died 1800 aged 42 years

* Over one of the doors of Athgoe Castle are two square slabs
with bevelled edges, the upper thus inscribed' : —

IHS 1579
W. X. ft. B.

• This being greatly worn, a replica was set up underneath at
the close of last century, thus arranged ' : —

I H S

W. L. K. A.

1 The initials are those of Waiter Lock and Katharine Allen.'

Donatmtc Clutrcli and Clmrelij aril.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' Four of the inscriptions from slabs and a mural monument in
the Protestant church have appeared on page 87, Vol. IV, of the
Journal. The first two, the Pryse and the Acheson slabs, now
lie in the vestry, while the third, the FitzSimons slab, is built into
the wall inside the church porch on the right hand side. A third
slab, now lying in the rloor of the vestry, is thus incised ' : —

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF
CAPT I AMES CONRAN SON TO
WALTER CONRAN OF CUR-
OGH GENT. DECEASED THE 8th OF
FEBRY 1703.

4 At the foot of this slab are cut in relief a skull and cross-bones,
5ind below them, in incised lettering, memento more'

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' At the west end of the churchyard there are two large head-
stones built into mason work, now thickly covered with ivy. The
inscriptions are as follows ' : —

This Stone was Erected by Mr
Andrew Cruce at Turvey Hill in
Memory of his Fa ther Mr Patrick
Cruce who departed this Life the
13 day of February 1757 in the 58
year of his Age. Here lieth two
of his Daughters Elizabeth Cruce,

And Maryann Whelan alias Cr-
uce who departed this Life the 6xt
of Desbr 1761. Aged 21 years. Allso

James C. Son to the above P. C.
who Departed this Life January the
18th 1762 Aged 17 years.

I. H. S.

Here Lieth the Body of MfS Mary
Whyte Wife of Mr Patrick Whyte
who departed this life 20th of Octr
1765 in the 51st year of her age

Here also Lieth Maria Whyte
Wife to Rob1 Whyte of Pill Lane
in the city of Dublin, who De-
parted this Life Universally
and Sencerely regretted the 23rd
October 1783 in the 32nd year of her
Age. Here Also Lieth 3 of her childrea

' Between these headstones and the path to the church porch
lies a flat slab of the eighteenth century, hut of such a slaty nature
that the inscription has almost entirely flaked away ; about all that
is now decipherable is ' : —

Pray for the
souls of this
Fameley decea'

AN° I H S DOM

17 62

A skull,
cross-bones,
and coffin

I.H. S.

THIS STONE WAS ERECTED
BY [iANE ?] N IDS OF THE
CITY OF DUBLIN

[The remainder quite illegible.]

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1 A flat slab now lying on the right-hand side of the path to the
church porch, now without a letter, owing to the rotten state of the
stone, formerly bore this inscription ' : —

of Kil- | ... in the County

' There is lying under the present wooden floor of the nave a
slab bearing this inscription ' : —

I. H. S.

This Stone and Burial pla | ce Belongeth to Thomas |
Seagrave and his posterity. | Here lyeth 2 of his children.
1755.

' The two last given inscriptions were copied from a sheet of
paper in a frame in the vestry ' : —

' In the south-west corner of the burial-ground are two head-
stones thus inscribed ' : —

I. H. S.

This Stone and Burying | Place belongeth to James |

r tr

Kelly of Doneybate Fam | And his posterity who |
departed this life June | the 22 17G8 Aged 88 years, j
Also his wife Mary Kelly | And children

I. H. S.

This Stone was Erected [by]
James 0 'Bryan in Memo[ry of]
his Father James O'Bryan [and]
his Postarity [stc] who departe[d this]
Life December the 25th 178[- Aged]
77 years

* The right-hand side of the stone is broken off.'

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'A mural monument built into the south wall inside the
church ' : —

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF

Col. HENRY CLERMONT COBBE, cb.

II. M. 4lir " KING'S OWN " REGIMENT

eldest son of
lieut. col. Thomas Alexander Cobbe, h.e.i.c.s.

BORN DECEMBER 20TK 1811, DIED AUGUST 6Tn 1855
HIS REMAINS ARE BURIED ON CATHCARTS HILL

ON THE SHORE OF THE CRIMEA,
WHICH WITNESSED HIS UNWEARIED FORTITUDE
AND CHIVALROUS VALOUR
FROM THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA
TO THAT OF THE 18th OF JUNE 1855
WHEN HE COMMANDED THE LEFT ATTACK
OF THE BRITISH ARMY,
AND RECEIVED THE WOUNDS FROM WHICH HE DIED.
HIS MEMORY LIVES
IN THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHERS
OF WHICH HE WAS THE HONOUR
AND WHEREIN HE WAS BELOVED
AS A DEAR SON AND BROTHER.

T. Gaffin

Regent Str. London

' At the sides of this monument is the legend : " Moriens
•Cnno." '

i A very interesting late sixteenth-century Barnewall slab, un-
fortunately in a fractured and incomplete condition, is built into
the church porch opposite the Eitz Simons monument. It is of a
very unusual type, as an inscription in large capitals runs round
the edge, while the centre is occupied with inscriptions and two
coats-of-arm?, running lengthways. The right-hand end of the slab
is broken oil* and lost. Along the left end are the letters ' : —

. : I : N : + : R : I :

4 At the top is the prayer ' : —

QVI : PASSVS : ES + PRO : NOBI[S :]

4 And the last two words are all that remain along the lower
-edge.'

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* In the left half of the slab is the following inscription ' : —

HEER * LIETHE * THE ' BODIES *

OF * PATRICK * BARNEWAL • OF "

STAFFORDSTON * AND * HIS '

WYFE * BEIGNET ' DELAHIDF. *

DOVGHT1R * TO ' RICHARD *

DEL AH YD E ' OF * LOGHSHINE '

SOMTYME ' CHIEFE * IVST *

OF ' THE * COMON ' PLEAES * WHOE *

DEED ' THE ' TWELTH * OF * IANYAP.Y ' *

ANNO ' DO^nNI * 1592 * WHOESE '

SOWLESE * G0[D ' TAKE * TO * HIS * h]eRCY '

' Then follows a shield bearing the Barnewall arms, viz.' : —

' U Ermine, a border engrailed gules " (with a crescent, denoting
a second son') ; and on either side of it the initials P and B.'

i Between the Barnewall shield and another are a cross and the
sentence in Latin ' : —

ESTO * MIHI • IESYS * AMEN *

' Of the second shield a large portion is broken off ; it bears the
Delahide family arms, viz.': —

' " Barry of six argent and gules, a bend sable."

* On the right-hand side of this shield is a cross, and above it
the lower portion of the initial B, the first letter of the wife's
Christian name.'

£&rimnug'h, or tlie Bluebell Churchyard.

[From Captain G. S. Cary.]

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

I-H-S

Memento Morii
This Stone was erected by Bridget Keogh | in memory
of her beloved husband William | Keogh of Francis
Street in the city of Dublin | who departed this life on
the 9th day of | March 1825 'aged 41 years. Also six |
children who died young. Here also | are interred the
remains of their much | esteemed son James Keogh who
departed \ this life on the 17th day of Aug* 1328 j aged
85 years.

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Gloria in Excelscis Deo.

I-H-S

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
+

Memento I-H-S- Mori

Iliihliii: Christ Church Cathedral.

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

* Christ Church Cathedral was originally founded in honour of
the Trinity, by Sitric, the Danish King of Dublin, in 1038. The
name " Christ Church " is Danish, and was used to denote a head
church or cathedral. It was situated within the Danish fortifica-
tions, whereas the ancient parochial church of St. Patrick's stood
outside the walls of Dublin : the latter was constituted a prebendal
or collegiate church m 11U0, and raised to the dignity of a cathedral
in 1219.

' A compact and well-illustrated handbook on the history of
Christ Church Cathedral was written in 1901 by William Butler.

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'The present magnificent structure is mainly due to the muni-
ficence of Mr. Henry Roe, at whose sole cost the restoration was
carried out during the years 1871-78. At this time several thou-
sands of cartloads of debris, clay, and human remains were cleared
out of the crypt, and existing coffins were collected and built up in
an air-tight vault in the crypt.

' A small burial-ground existed till the time of the restoration
to the east of the old Chapter-house, the foundations of which were
only discovered when the restoration was complete.

1 In 1878 the Rev. John Finlayson published a little book on the
monuments and mural tablets in the Cathedral ; but it is so full of
little errors in the spelling of the inscriptions that one's impression
is that he wrote them down from the reading out of an assistant.

' In this number of our Journal the older inscriptions inside
the Cathedral are given, two of which — those on the Kerdiffe slab
and the Wood slab, which both lie in the north transept — do not
appear in Canon Finlayson's little book.

' On a future occasion we hope to give the inscriptions on the
more modern monuments, the majority of which were placed in the
crypt at the time of the restoration.'

The South Aisle.

1 In the wall of the south aisle there are two inscriptions of the
sixteenth century, one on some stones arranged in a cross-shaped
framework, and the other on a mural slab.

' The inscription on the former is in large lightly incised capital
letters, with the exception of the D's, which are all of the Lombardic
type. It reads ' : —

THE : EIGIHT : HONOR ABL t T : EEL : OF :
SVSSEX : L : LEVTEA[T] : THIS • WAL • FEL •
DOWN • IN : AN : 1502 : + THE J BILDING :
OF f THIS | WAL WAS : IN : AN : 1562

' This inscription is, of course, not in its original position.
There are two or three more lettered stones in the crypt exactly
similar to those in the above inscription ; and one with the date
1580 on it (not 11S0, as Canon Finlayson prints it).'

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* Close to the. last given inscription is a mural slab (58 inches
long by 19 high) bearing an inscription in raised Roman capitals,

. ; — — -

The Ikscmption in the "Wall neat. " Stbongbow's " Tomb.
[From a photograph by W. Conneff, Verger.']

several of which are conjoined. In this case, too, all the D's are in
tbe Lombardic form. The inscription in seven lines reads ' : —

THIS : AVNOYENT MONVMENT '. OF : RYCHARD : STRA
NGBOWE : CALLED : COMES : STRANGVLENSIS : LORD : OF '.
CMEPSTO : AND ; OGNY : THE : FYRST : AND '. PRINCYPALL :
INVADER : OF '.

island : 11G9 : qvi : obiit : 1177 : the :monvment : was :

erockkn : ey '. the :
fall : of : the ! roff : and *. bod ye : of '. christes

chykche : in : an0 : 1562 : and :
set i vp : agayne at 5 the s chaegys i of : the : right :

honorable i sr ! henri : sy
dney : knyght '. of : the i noble ! order : l t president ',

of : walles : deputy : of : island : 1570 :

' In last line Wales is spelt " Walles," and not " Wailes," as-
all the printed accounts have it.'

' Opposite to this mural slab, between the piers of the aisle, is
placed the effigy of a knight in excellent condition. It is popularly
known as " Strongbow's Tomb," but for three principal reasons it
cannot possibly be so. First, because Strongbow's tomb was

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smashed by the fall of the church, and this effigy is in splendid
preservation, with the exception of the features of the face ;
secondly, because the large rowels of the spurs prove it to beof a
later date by about 150 years ; and thirdly, because in the upper

The so-called Stlongbow's Toiib.
[From a photograph by Mason, Dublin.]

portion of the shield there are three crosses crosslet, whereas
Strongbow's arms, as depicted on his seal, are 44 Or, three
chevronels gules, in chief a label of five points azure."

' What is very probable is that when Strongbow's tomb was
destroyed in 15G2, another was substituted for it by the Deputy.
Sir Henry Sydney, as it was customary in old bonds and leases to
insert a clause to the effect that the money payments were to be
made at Strongbow's tomb, and this practice continued down to the
time of the restoration of the cathedral in 1871.

' By the side of this effigy is another of very small dimensions,
as it measures 3 feet in length, and 16 inches in breadth. It
represents a youth to near the knees, and might easily be mistaken
for a female figure, but for traces of chain-mail at the sides of the
head. The folds in the chain-mail coat, too, look like a skirt.
The boy has his hands in front of him. apparently supporting his
protruding entrails, and this has given rise to the ancient tradition
that the little effigy represents Strongbow's son, whom he ran

To face j>n(ic 301.]

I f

'OMB OF ROBERT FITZGERALD. 19th EARL OF KILDARE
(1743), IN CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN.

[This block has been lent by the Council of the County Kildare Arclueolooical Society.]

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through with his sword for showing cowardice when attacked by the
Irish. If Strongbow had a son, as stated in the legend, he must
have been, by a former wife, as Strongbow's wedding with Eva,
daughter of Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, only took
place at Waterford in 1170, and by her he had an only child
Isabel.'

The South Transept.

• All the monuments in this Transept are mural ones, some six
in number, including the 19th Earl of Kildare's, which stands on
the pavement against the west wall, and was formerly on the north
side of the Communion Table. The inscription on this latter
monument reads as follows ': —

To the Memory | of | Robert Earl of Kildare | the
nineteenth of that Title in Succession | And in Rank
the first Earl of Ireland | He married the Lady Marie
O'Bryex I Eldest Daughter of William Earl of Ixchi-
quix ; | By whom He had Issue Four Sons and Eight-
Daughters ; j of which number | only Iames, the
Present Earl, and the Lady Maegaretta | Survived
Him. | Together with the Titles, He Inherited the
Virtues | of His Noble Ancestors j And A.domed every
Station He possessed. | Truth. Honour, and Justice, j
Directed the whole Course of His Life. | The Daily
Devotions of His Family | And the Public Worship in
the Church | Were, by His Regular attendance, |
Cherished and Recommended, i Tho' possessed of a
great Estate j He managed it with a particular Prudence
and Economy, j In order to give a freer Course to His
many & great Charities. | He was a disinterested Lover
of his Country, | without any Affectation of Popu-
larity, | and was Beloved of all, not because He sought
it, | But because He deserved it. j He was j A Most
Tender and Affectionate Husband, | An Indulgent and
Prudent Father, | A Sincere and Steady Friend. J His
Disconsolate Relict | In Testimony of * Her Gratitude
- and Affection. | And the better to "Recommend to His
Descendants | The Imitation of His Excellent Ex-
ample, j Caused this Monument to be Erected, j He
Died the 20 Day of February, I A.D. 1743, in the' 69th
Year of His Age.

* Canon Finlaysou, in his book on the Cathedral Monuments,

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states that there was formerly a brass plate in the FitzGerald
Family Pew, on which, was inscribed : —

This Seate belongs to John,* Earl of Kildare, and his
family, for Ever ; being conveyed to him by the Deane
and Chapter of Christ Church, November 17th anno
Domini 1G90.

* Near the Kildare tomb is a mural monument in the south wall,

- " — ----- -

The Agakd Mural Monument.
[From a photograph by W. ConncJT, Verger.']

containing kneeling figures, with an inscription in two panels ; that
on the left hand side runs thus : —

HIC SITVS FRANCISCVS AGARD, ARMIGER, QVONDAM
COHORTIS EQVITVil IN SCOTIA SVB D02IINO SEEUOR DE SVDLEY
ANGLLE AD3IIRALLIO PREFECTVS POSTEA COaIITATVI WEXFORDI.E
PREPOSITVS IN BELLO CONTRA o'nEALVH CENTV EQVITVil
PVCTOR PROV1XCI.E MOMONI.E COMilISS ARIVS PRIMARIVS
REGIONVM O'BREN ET o'TOEO SENESCHALLVS REGNI HIBER-
NICI PER AXXOS XXVI (r.EONAXTIBVS MARIA ET ELIZABETH.e)

* The 18th Earl, who died without surviving male issue in 1707, and v.;'.s
succeeded by his cousin, the liobert of the Monument.

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CONSILIARIVS PRVDENTISSIMVS. OBIIT XI OCTOBEIS 1577
CVM HE27RICVS SlDNEIVS AMICVS EIVS LONGE
HONORATTSSIMVS IAM SECVNDO ESSET HIBERNLE
PROREX VNAQ : SEPELITVR YXOR EIVS CHARTS -
SIMA IACOBA DE LA BRETT CVM THOMA
FILIOLO.

* Translation by Canon Finlayson ' : —

Here is buried Francis Agard, Esq1', at one time
commander of a troop of cavalry in Scotland, under
Lord Seymour of Sudley, Admiral of England, after-
wards appointed Seneschal of the County of Wexford
in the War against O'Neil. Leader of one hundred
hor^r ; Chief Commissioner of the Province of Minister ;
and Seneschal of the Countries of O'Byrne andCTToole.
He was a most sagacious Councillor of the Kingdom of
Ireland for twenty-six years, during the reigns of Mary
and Elizabeth. He died on the 11th of October 1577
when his right honourable friend Henry Sydney was,
for the second time, Viceroy of Ireland. Together with
him is interred his very dear wife, Jacoba de la Brett,
with their infant son Thomas.

1 In the right-hand panel the following is inscribed ' : —

HERE LYETH ENTOMBED LAD YE CECILIA HARRINGTON
DAYGHTER AND CO-HEYRE OF FRANCIS AGARD ESQVTER
MOST DEAR AND LOVINGE WYFE OF SYR HENRYE
HARRINGTON, KNIGHT, WITH WHOM WHEN SHE HAD
LYVED 7 YEARS MOST VERTVOVSLY, AND HAD BROVGHT
FOKTII TWO SONNES, JAMES AND JOHN, SHE ENDED
THIS LIFE THE 8 OF SEPTEBER IN THE YEARE 15S4.
FOB WHOSE MEMORE AND HER FATHERS', SYR HENRY
HAKRINGTON, KNIGHT, HIR LOVING HVSBAND, AND
HIS SVCCESSOR IN OFFICE, ERECTED THIS MONVMENT
ATT HIS OV.'NE CHARGES.

' A small brass, also in the south wall, bears two coats-of-arms
depicted in colours, and below them the following inscription': —

HEERE LIETH BVRIED THE SECOND AND THIRD
SONNES OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR ARTHVRE
" GREY, KNIGHT OF THE ORDER, LORD GREY OF "WILTON, AND OF
THE LADY JAN A t> I BILL A, HIS WIFE, WHYCH CHILDREN DYED IN THE
CASTEL OF DUBLIN, IN THE TIME OF HIS DEPVTACON HEERE.

1 The two sons here mentioned are not given in Burke's
41 Extinct Peerages." Sir Arthur was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in

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1580; his death took place in 1593. His second wife was Jane
Sybilla, daughter of Sir Richard Morrison, and widow of Edward,
Lord Russell, eldest son of the second Earl of Bedford.

* Under the arms is the motto : — " At vincet pauperiem virtus,"
i.e. " But merit will overcome poverty." On a stone tablet placed in
the wall over the brass is a repetition of this motto, with Sir Arthur
Grey's arms.

' The coat-of-arms built into the wall below the brass belong to
Sir Henry Sydney.

1 Alongside the Grey monument is a modern black and white
marble mural tablet erected to the memory of Surgeon John
Hamilton, who died on the 2nd November, 1875.

' Oft' of the south transept, on the east side, is a chapel known
as St. Laurence 0' Toole's Chapel ; it contains two effigy-bearing
slabs, and what is known as " The Lumbard Stone." This latter
is supposed to date from the fourteenth century. The inscription
is partly in Roman capitals and partly in Lombardic lettering, all
incised ; it runs thus in five lines ' : —

HON :IU H B WQiQI DOTR H RMH :

-DQ:PmM3;8:D?M8:RFMQ:fQRlS-:
"OGise WTSHVMDVR^aSTVR ie :

SR FGMGGTVTLI LINHOGMGSffmTQ
RGMVRVN TIG I G I NT ifGI i

* At the end of the first line two letters are chipped away ; and
in the name Peris at the end of the second line there is a chip
below the loop of the P, in which, with the aid of a light, a lower
loop, deeper than the chip, can be discerned. If this should be the
case, this surname ought to be read Beris.

* Several attempts at translating this Norman-French inscription
have been made, but none with which antiquarians are entirely
satisfied. Canon Finlayson renders it much as follows ' : —

John Lumbard, of the country of Parma, and Dame
Rame Peris (or Beris) of Sl Salvador of Esturia, his
wife, and all their kin who died whilst in this land lie
here.

* This slab measures 33 inches in length by 17 inches in height/

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floor.

The North Transept.
There are three mural monuments, and several slabs in the

The mural monuments are : —

h' 'V

lLL} ':li3j fir - •

The Sydney Coat-of-Arms Mural Slab.
[From a 2>hotograph by W. Connrtf, Verger."]

* 1. A stone bearing Sir Henry Sydney's arms, in a garter, with
supporters.

' II. A monument to James Hewitt, Viscount Lifford, which
bears the following inscription i —

Near this Place | are interred the Remains of James
Lord Vise. Lifford, | late Lord Chancellor of Ireland. |
The unanimous Sense of a Grateful Nation I is the best

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What he was as a
is deeply Engraven

decisions, | Be Just and fear not
Father, a Husband, and a Christian

* III. The Griffith monument which bears three shields with

The Griffith UniAL Montiient.
[From a photcgraph by W. Conticf, Verger],

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coats-of-arms, all quartered, and below them the following inscription
in relief, in which many of the letters are conjoined ' : —

THE • ARMIES * OF * EDWARD ' GRIFITH * OF * PENRIN * IN * THE

COVNTE * OF * CARNARVON, ESQYIER, SONE * AND 1 HEIR * TO

SIR * WILL AM GRIFITH, KNIGHT, WHO * ARRIYID * IN * THIS * LAN

D * THE * 23 * DAI ' OF * SEPTEMBER * AP ■ HENRI * [sic] 1G31 * AND * DIED * IN

THE ' 12° ' OF * MARCH ' FOLLOWING * ONE * OF * THE * PREVY * CON

SA1LEHER * AND * CAPTENE * OF ' 2 HONDRED 1 AND * FIFTI

FOOTEMEN * ERECTED * BY ' SIR ' NICOLAS * BAGNOLL

KNIGHT ' MARCHALL * OF * THIS ' REALME * WHO * MARIED

ELIN * ONE * OF ' HIS " DAVGHTERS ' AND * CO ' HEIRS ' AND

NOWE ' RENEVED * Bl * SR * HENRI " BAGNOL * KNIGHT * SONE * AND

HEIRE * TO * THE ' SAID ' SIR * NICOLAS * AND * DAME * ELLEN.

' Of the flat slabs several are unfortunately in a very worn state.
One of them has the sunk outline, showing that at one time an
ecclesiastical brass was fixed to it. Another, a very large limestone
slab occupying the centre of the transept, has the emblems of the
four Evangelists cut in relief on the corners, and an illegible
inscription in lightly incised 4 ' black-lettering " running round the
edge, the centre portion being unsculptured.

* A slab near the doorway, facing east, is in good preservation,
and the inscription running 'round the edge (with an extra line on
the left side) is easily read as follows ' : —

HEARE • VNDER ■ LYETH ■ THE ■ BODY

OF ■ RICHARD • BROWNE • 80VM • TIME • SHERIF •

OF : DVBLIN • WHO ■ DEPARTED ■ THIS
LYFE • THE ■ [illegible] • DAYE " OF ■ IVLY » an .
Mn • 1615 ■ AND ■ HIS • WIFE " MARGRET • STAPLES •

WHO • CAVSED ■ [* ljan.d] THIS

monument "to-be ■ made ■ for ■ them ■ and •
their: posteritie •

' At the upper end of this slab is carved a cross on steps, and
below it is a shield bearing two coats-of-arms impaled, viz. : —

' For Browne : — A two-headed eagle displayed.
' For Staples : — Three swords, converging at the hilts in the
centre of the shield.

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' On the left-hand side of the shield are the initials R. B., and on
the right M. S. At the lower end of the slab is a heart bearing an

•

j X ■ ' ■

ft • <s-\" I

\ ^^^P''^ '*^*- ■

(3 'If :

The Beowne and Staples Coat-of-Akms.
[From a rubbing by W. FitzG.']

I.H.S., and pierced with three nails, and below this device are a
skull and cross-bones with the words ecce and homo.'

* Close to the Browne slab is another which had an inscription
running round the edge in Roman capitals, but it is now worn away,
except for a few of the letters.'

1 A slab closely resembling the Browne slab in its design and
lettering lies at the opposite side of the transept. Only the lower

[Tojuce pa<jc 309.

-a

V. ' ■: { #s, S/v C>'f '

COAT-OF-ARMS ON EDWARD GOFF'S SLAB 1607), IN
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL. DUBLIN.

[From a rubbing by Lord lValler FUzGtrald.]

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portion is in a fair state, and what can be deciphered of the inscrip-
tion reads ' : —

MARGHANT ' WHO ' DEPARTED •

THIS ■ LYFE ■ THE ■ 16 • DAY ■ OF

FEBRVARY- an • Emt • 16L073 ' AND : HIS ' WYFE ■

MARGERY

WHO ■ CAUSED • THIS ■ MOMENT ■ TO ■ BE ■ MADE '

FOR

' At the lower end of the slab is a coat-of-arms impaled (the
right half being quite indistinguishable) ; on the left of the shield
are the initials E.G., which stand for Edward GorY, son of Patrick
Goff, Alderman of Dublin.

' The arms in the dexter half of the shield are : —

1 "Azure, a chevron between two fleurs-de-lis in chief, and a lion
rampant in base, or," for Goff.

; There is also a motto commencing eespice

' At the foot of the slab are a skull and cross-bones, and the
puzzling words homo and bvlla are plainly to be read.'

'{Close to the wall, in which the Lifford Monument is built, are
two small slabs, one with lettering in relief, and the other incised.
The inscription on the former is easily read ' : —

HERE ■ LYETH ' THE ■ B0D1E ■
OF ■ WILLIAM ■ WOOD ■ LA
TE ■ VERGER 1 OF ■ CHRIST ■
CHORCH bio] ■ WITH ■ HIS ■ FO
VRE ■ DAVGHTERS ■ WHO
DECESSED ■ IN 1 THE 1 YEARE
1650

' Several of the letters are conjoined.'

' The other slab is of a bad quality, and consequently what is
given below was deciphered with very great difficulty ' : —

Here under lieth in-
terred the body of

Christopher KerdifYe #
Bachelour of Divinity
and Rector of Kilmore

and Tarah

sonn of Nicholas Kerd [iflfe]
Kings Serjeant a[t . . .

who deceased

November ....

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• According to Canon Healy's " History of the Diocese of
Meath," Christopher Kerdiffe was Rector of Kilmore and Tara
from 1G70 till (? his death in) 1075.'

t Neither of these two inscriptions is given in the Rev. John
Finlayson's " Monumental Inscriptions of Christ Church." '

' Close to the door leading to the organ-loft is a fragment of a
limestone slab, on which is cut in relief the date

which stands for the year 1544. As can be seen in the rubbing,
of the two 8-like figures only a little more than half of each
is represented ; and, as the half of eight is four, these two half
eights stand for two fours (44). As far as I can remember, I
have never met with another example of this (easily misread)
method of figuring fours, though I know of one example in England,
which occurs at the ancient (religious) Hospital of St. Cross, near
Winchester.

' This finishes the lettered monuments in the north transept.'

Tlte TCagrclalen Asylum Cliapel, lower lieeson
Street.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]
1 Inscriptions on silver plate.

1 On two medium-sized silver chalices and a paten ' : —

Dedicated to the Service of God in the Chapel of the
Magdalen Asvlum in Leeson Street by Miss Mary Rynd
Dccr 25th 1768,

1 Miss Rynd was sole daughter and heir of David Rynd. Esq.,
of Derryvullan and Drumloe, County Fermanagh ; she married in

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17C9 Colonel Edward Denny, M.r., nephew of Lady Arabella
Denny, who founded the Magdalen Asylum in 17G7.'

< On a chalice exactly matching those presented by Miss
Rynd '

Dedicated to the service of God in the Chapel of the
Ma<>dalen Asylum in Leeson Street by the Revd Dr
Hosea Guinness Aug1 29th 1829.

' On a large silver chalice and paten, a large and two small
alms-dishes, date about 1770 ' : —

Given by a Gentleman, unknown, to the Chapel of the
Asylum for Female Penitents in Leeson Street, Dublin,
through the hands of the Revd Dean Bayly.

ftt. Ann's Pa'rlsli Cluireli.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

4 In vol. iii, p. 116, of The Journal is a copy of the inscription
on the tomb of Helen Jane, daughter of Matthew Lyster, Esq., of
Ncwpark, County Roscommon, in which she is described in error
as: ''Madame Ilelene de Broils." The inscription is "Madame
Ilelene de Broiis." She was wife of the Vicomte de Brons.'

* Inscriptions on some of the plate in St. Ann's Church.
' A lurge silver chalice inscribed ' : —

FOR ST KEVINS
CHURCH DUBLIN
1710.

' Large silver chalice inscribed ' : —

Deo et Ecclefia> St:: Brigidse Revd0 Jacabo Duncan
Curato | Samuele Dopping Thoma Deane Armigeris
Guardianis | Anno Dom 1714

' Two medium-sized silver chalices, each inscribed ' :- —

Parish of Saint Anne.
Hon & Revd Jn° Pomeroy, Vicar.
Revd G. W. Cotton. )n .
Rev,J J. J. Latouch. |CurateS'
Thomas Walker) n, ,
Joshua Porter } Churchwardens.

1827.

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St. 'Kevin9* Old Clmrchyarci.

[From the Eev. E. S. Maffett, b.a.]

(Continued from p. 57.)

1 Before commencing the second row I give the following in-
scriptions from a tall memorial to the Rev. J. Austin, s.j., at the
left-hand side as you enter the ground from Camden Row, which
is one of those held to he of interest in this churchyard.* The
monument is in the form of an obelisk (topped by a cross rising out
of a ball, instead of the ordinary apex) placed upon a square
pedestal. The panels of the latter were renewed some years ago
in limestone with the same inscriptions, I was told, carved on three
of the sides. The rest of the monument seemed to me to be of a
different stone ; and the memorial stands on three steps or bases of
granite, the lowest of which supports heavy railings. On the east
and west sides there are cherubs, in high relief, at the lowest part
of the obelisk portion of the memorial. The inscription is in block
-capitals without any larger initials. There is a discrepancy
between the dates in the Latin and English inscriptions, as " III
Calendas Octobris " means " 29th September." On the side facing
the west is the following ' : —

V1RO REVEEENDO

JOHANNI AUSTIN,

DUBLINIEN3I .
S0CIETATI3 JESU, DUM FU1T SACERDOTI
IN VINEA DOMINI PER ANN OS 36,
PIO, DOCTO, INDEFESSO OPERARIO,
QUI

m CALENDAS OCTOBRIS, A.D. 1784,
JETATIS ANNO SEXTO ET SEXAGESTMO
VITAM

APOSTOLICIS, CONFECTAM LABORIBUS
CUM MORTE
IN CONSPECTU DOMINI PRETIOSA
COMMUTAVIT [,?]

* It seems that Archbishop O'Hurley, executed in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, was buried iu St. Kevin's Church. ("Journal of the Cork Historical
and Archaeological Society," vol. xi, No. G7. pp. 112, 113. See also the
44 Dictionary of National Biography.")

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* On the side facing the south ' :—

CIPPUM HUNC
MINISTRI FIDELIS KELIGIO NON IMMEMOR
VI IDUS DECEMBRIS, A.D. 1786
FLENS POSSUIT [6/6'].

DIVITES ADMONUIT
PAUPERES SUBLEVAVIT
JUVENTUTEM ERUDIVIT
ORPHANIS LOCO PARENTIS FUIT
DE OMNI HOMINXJ3I GEN ERE
PR.ECLARE MERUIT
OMNIBUS OMNIA FACTUS
UT

OMNES CHRISTO LUCRIFACERET.

1 On the east side ' : —

A. M. D. G.

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY OF

THE REVD JOHN AUSTIN, S.J.

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
30th SEPT. 1784,
IN THE GOTH YEAR OF HIS AGE.

R. I. P.

4 On the north side ' : —

THIS MONUMENT
WAS

RESTORED & RENOVATED
JANUARY 1900.

♦ With respect to the " John Carmack of New Street" (Row I,
No. page 51), it would he of interest to ascertain whether he
was connected with the owner of the garden mentioned in the fol-
lowing paragraph (page 402, vol. iv, of The Journal) : — " All the
ground lyin.; south of Upper Kevin Street, as far as the present
South Circular Road, was at that time [Oliver Cromwell's] laid out
in vegetable gardens ; hence the minute hooks of the Dean and
Chapter [of St. Patrick's] contain several references to them as
such, viz. :— '* Fcrnley's Gardens," the "Chancellor's Gardens,"
** Alderman Tithe's Orchard," " Mr. Kinshelagh's Garden," "Mr.
Ford's Garden," l< Mr. John Cormack's Garden," &c.'

* Row II, No. 1. — This flat stone, lying close to the east ends of
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the lower corner to the right hand. I had the earth removed from
this memorial, and then took the following inscription from it : ': —

This ftone and Burial Place Belongeth
to Will1-*1 Maple, Esqr and his pofterity
Here Lieth the Body of Mary Maple Wife
to the above Will" who departed this

Life, Oct1 15th 1719
Here also Lieth the Body of the above
William Maple of Woi'they [me] Memory
who departed this Life Jan3* 18th 1762,
Aged 104 years
Here also Lieth the Body of Mrs Frances
Potter Neice [s/c] to the above Willm who
departed this Life March 21st 1771
Aged 59 years.

1 No. 2. — Some 8 or 9 feet further on (towards the
north) is a headstone, the outer surface, of which is flaking and
mouldering off. The surname may perhaps have been " Mechen."
This form does not occur in Mr. Matheson's " Varieties of Sur-
names in Ireland," but there are several names or variations
approaching to it, " M'Mechan," " Meehen," &c. I have

myself met with " Machen." The names of the children are
illegible, except perhaps (with considerable doubt) " (M)argaret."
Before this name, which (if correct) ends the fifth line, there is a
long downstroke and afterwards " n," and on the next line two
long and one short downstrokes before, apparently, the word
" died." These two lines are in italics. There is some ornamental
carving at the top of the' stone : —

[T]his Ston[e] belongs to | [D]aniel [?] e [c] hen for
him | and his Posterity . here | Lie [4] of his "Children

viz i |

di[ed] Anno : Do[m] | 1722

'No. 3 is a very fossiliferous headstone larger than No. 2, which
it touches. It has, in relief, an I H S, with cross above, within a
double pointed circle, round the upper part of which is " Gloria in
Excelsis Deo " in italics. It is very doubtful whether there was
ever an " 's " after f< Stephen : —

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' * No. 4. — Some 15 feet further on there is a flat stone, the
right-hand corner of which (having doubtless on the first line the
Christian name of the deceased, and on the next "this Life") is
gone. The stone is broken across from this corner to below the
inscription on the left hand, but has three rectangular cut spaces,
out of which the lead and iron, or more probably cement, may
perhaps have dropped on its being raised subsequently to its repair.
The first of these wholly or partly intersects the first three
lines of the inscription, and the second, the sixth, seventh, and
eight!) lines, crossing the seventh between ''years" and "also.''
The stone is much sunk at the top, and the inscription was alto-
gether covered by earth and grass, which I had to get the caretaker
to remove to the depth of about seven inches at the left-hand
corner, and fifteen or sixteen at that to the right-hand. It would
be well to have this memorial repaired and placed level, if it can
be safely done. According to " Records of Anglo-Irish Families of
Ball " (from which the Rev. W. Ball Wright has kindly allowed me
to extract particulars as to these families), the Christian name of
the deceased was 44 Thomas," and he entered T.C.D. in 1714, at
the age of eighteen, having been educated at Carrickmacross
School ; hut 1 do not find his name in Dr. Todd's " Catalogue of
Graduates." Mr. Ball Wright says he was a Counsellor of Law,
and married, firstly, a Miss Grace Acton, of West Aston, County
Wieklow, who died in 1732, and was buried at St. Bride's, Dublin.
Her eldest son, who inherited his father's property, married a
member of the Usher family. Some of the descendants of this
marriage lie at Sr. Kevin's, not far from this stone. Mr. Ball's
bet-Gild wife, who is interred with her husband, had also several
children. Her eldest son inherited her estate of Abbeylara, County
Longford, and, according to Mr. Wright's volume, was'the father of
Thomas Ball, a Friendly Brother of St. Patrick, for the inscription
oa whose tablet see page 533. vol. vi, of The Jouexal. The latter
was buried in the Cathedral, Mr. Wright says. The "Records"
(of which a second edition is about to be published) tell us that a
Thomas Bail, Captain in Fleetwood's Regiment of Horse, of a
Norfolk family [which obtained a grant of arms in a.d. 1200), came
over to Ireland with Oliver Cromwell, and that from him Thomas
Ball, of Creggan, County Armagh, whose epitaph I now give, was
descended: ' —

Here lyeth the Body of

Ball Eiqr who departed

the 9th of Angn 1742 Aged 44 [Y] ears,
as alio the Body of Mildred Ball
otherwife Johnfon his Wife, who
departed this Life 31 f;t of July 1763
aged bo years, alio the Body of

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the Bevli John Job [n] fon, Brother of
the faid Mildred Ball who departed
this Life 26th of Octr 1771, Aged
Severity one Years.

' No. 5. — Some 7 yards further on, and partly in front of No. 13
of Row I, is a granite headstone leaning backwards, and to the
right hand, which side of the inscription is largely illegible. The
surname is probably " Cavenagh," though its initial letter on the
eighth line first suggested " G," owing possibly to a mere indenta-
tion in the stone. The fifth line may perhaps have originally read
"nurseryman." Whether there are on the stone any more lines
than those given I am not aware ' : —

This Stone [? and Burial] | place Belong . . . | phelix
[sic"] [? Ca . . . ] ! the County w . . . | Nursery [?} j
Here Lyeth the Body | of the above phelix [s/c] j Cav':?E-h
.who Departed | This life the 1st of Febry | 1781 Aged 82
years.

1 No. 6. — About a couple of feet from the last memorial is a flat-
stone, from the inscription on which the sod had to be removed by
the caretaker ' : —

Sacred to the memory of | Mrs Elizabeth Glison who ou
the 14th of j January 1801 at the age of 81 Years
departed | This life In which she fulfilled the various |
Duties of Wife of Mother and of Friend | With the
fidelity affection and Sincerity which | Evinced that in
all her actions she was | Influenced by the sublime
motives of the | Christian Religion.

' No 7. — A tall headstone of limestone on granite base, in front
of No. 22, Bow I ' : —

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4 No. <s is a flat stone about a foot and a half from No. 7. Much
of the lettering of the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth lines is
growing taint ' : —

This Stone and Burial [- ?] place belongeth | to Philip
Beere and his Posterity | Here lieth four of his Children |
Anno IKmiini 171) [2] ] Also 4 more of his Children 1 Boy |
a- 8 Girls viz Ami aged [5] Sarah aged 11 j & Susanna *
agetl 21 Years 11 October 1798 | Also two more Eliza
iiged m 0 died 11 June 1 1806 & Rob1 aged 3[0] died 30
May ISO? | Also here lyeth the Remains of M" Sarah |
Beere Wife of the above Philip Beere | Who Departed
this Life the 16 May 1817 | in the 63 Year of her Age. j
Her-' lieth the Body of the above named | Mr Philip
Ihm* who departed this | Life the [9th] July 1818 | in
the 6)5 1 Year of his Age | Here lieth the Body of MTS
Mary Bevan | Daughter of the late Mr Philip Beere |
Who departed this Life 29 July 1819 | in the 40 Year
of her Age j Also two of her Children, | Sarah who
departed this life April 27th 1829. | Jane who departed
this life Dec' 10th 1829. | Also here lies the Body of |
Humphrey Bfey'an Vicar of Sl Patricks | who died on the
1 i' ' of April 1850 ] at an advanced age.

' No. d is a flat stone touching the last, these two stones lying
four or five feet from the west end of the church porch. It is the
last memorial which belongs with certainty to this row (see below).
The lower perpendicular end of this large stone, which is completely
covered by the inscription, is uneven, but I think the memorial m
practically its original size. The lettering in the centre is indistinct,
and the first pari of the inscription almost illegible. It is a pity
that these parts are not re-cut ; but this could only be done by a very
careful man, who was also provided with an exact copy" of the
inscription, if such exists. On the fifth line there seems to bo a
downstrokc after " Children," which perhaps might be part of a
scroll ornament ; on the seventh an oblique stroke from left down
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similarly at the beginning of -the next line, which stroke in both
cases may be part of the "y" of "ye." In the twenty -third
line there is. a downstroke between "e" and " a " in "Years,''
possibly that of the " $ " by mistake. I should add that there is a
considerably greater space after " Children" and "Geo Beere ,r
(ninth line) than before these words ' : —

Beere who died | [ ] of lime 1777 aged [2 ?J9

[&] his Grandfon | Geo Beere | Here lieth the Body of
the above named | Mr Geo Beere* who departed this
Life | the 14th day of June 1799 Aged 81 Years | Here
lieth the Body of Mrs Susanna Beere | Widow of the
above named Geo Beere I who departed this Life the
11th day of Decemberr] | 1808 | Aged 8[7] Years | Here
lieth the Body of [Ms] Bich[ar]d Beere | third Son of
the above named Geo Bee[re] | who departed this L[i] fe
the |2?] day of Septr 1809 | Here also lieth the body of
Mr Sam* Beere | who departed this Life the [1G] th of
Nov1" 1818 | aged 2G Years \ Here also lieth the body of
Mrs Mary Anne | Beere Wife of Mr Geo Beere of Camden
Street | And Mother of the above named Sam1 Beere ]
who departed this life 13th June 1825 | Also Mra
Margaret Willoe Daughter of the | above who died 2"d
May 1827 aged 33 years, j And also Mr George Beere
of Camden Street j who died 22nd November 1844 aged
92 years

' [No. 10 ?]. — A small piece of stone has lain for many years on
No. 8, but where it originally came from, or whether any more of
the memorial is in existence, I am not aware. The inscription is
quite legible so far as the limits of the stone permit of it. The
beginnings of the extant lines are perfect, and very possibly there
was nothing further down on the stone. The surname unfortunately
is lost, as " Bryan " would seem to stand for the Christian name
of the deceased. The first of the three records of death evidently
was that of his wife. In the first line the "0" might have been
" 6 " or " 8." The lowest part of the u S " (probably the first letter
of September) is on a line with that of the " th " at the upper right
hand corner of " 27," and " y* G[G ?]," interpolated between the last

* This name disappears in "Wilson's Dublin Directory'' after the year
1774.

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two lines, has the " th " in a perpendicular line between the figure
in brackets and the S. There is at the edge of the stone what
might be the head of a " 1," on a line with " 27," just after the
second 4 4 th " ': —

[29. 1740 ?] as
theire Childre
Lyeth ye Body
named Brya[n]
dyed ye 27th S
ye G[6 ?]th
age

4 Row 111, No. 1. — This is a limestone slab on six granite sup-
ports in front of a small tree. It stands almost altogether south of
No. 1 of tho previous row, and has two iron clamps, imbedded in
load, across a crack extending from about the centre of the right-
band side to beyond the centre of the foot of the stone. The
smaller piece of the slab was lying at the side of the memoriaksome
years ago, when it was replaced and secured ; : —

Here lie the mortal Remains I of | Henry Dickson
Esn/ | Late of Fleet Street Merch* | Who departed this
Life j On the 4th February 1813 | Universally respected
and esteemed | He was an honest Man and a Gentle-
man j and cut off in the 2Sth Year of his Age | May 13
1<S29 | God took to himself the Soul of I Lydia Dickson I
fourth Daughter of j SAM*- PAT* DICKSON ESQ
Barrister at law j in her 17th Year j Underneath lie her
Mortal Eemains | As also those of the abovenamed [sic] |
S. P. Dickson | who died June 2S 1831 in his 55th Year |
JfUtyetl are the dead ivho [sic] die in the Lord, j Rev.
xiv. 1.3 | Also the remains of j Sarah the beloved Wife of
the Revd Rob* Shaw Close, j and Daughter of the above
S, P, Dickson. ! who departed this life the 20th of June
1849 ! Aged 43 Years.

* No. 2 is an altar-tomb, a couple of feet further on, and right
under the larger tree growing at the corner of the " Maple " scone
(Row II, No. 1). There does not seem to have been any mark of
contraction over " qa?," as there is over the "v in the third
word ' : —

Hie Jacet Revdus nuper
Jacobus Dickson
Hactenus per multos annos
Par: de Caftle m" adam [sic'] Com: Wicklow
Rector Ccelcbs pius Benevolus

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Decefsit Die Oct: 18
Anno iEtatis 80. A.D 1779
Ejus Memories (sic) erexit hoc marmor
Steph: Dickson de Dublin Armig
Hie Jacet Idem Stephanus cui
Sine Macula Fides vitam Ornavit
Et Mortem coronavit. Obiit Sept0
Die Februarii 1817 JBtatis 87.
Et Chara [sic] Conjux Ejus Hannah qta [sic]
Decefsit 10° Januarii A D 1818 .Etatis
74 etiam Jacet hie cum Diversis

Liberorum

' No. 3. — After a very considerable distance and about 6 feet
south of No. 5 of the previous row is a headstone ' : —

1 No. 4. — After a space of about 12 yards stands the memorial
to the parents of the poet Thomas Moore, for inscription on which
see p. 289, vol. vi.

' No. 5. — Some 12 feet further on, and about 5 in front of the
railing of No. 21, Row I, is a limestone headstone deeply sunk in
the earth, which covers the rest of the epitaph. For the inscription
on Dr. Martin's memorial in St. Patrick's, see p. 538, vol. vi, of
The Journal. This memorial possibly misled Archdeacon Cotton
into the idea that he was buried in the cathedral. The entry in
the " Fasti " concerning him under " Malahidert " [Mulhuddart]
is as follows : — " 1764. William Martin, d.d., formerly Fellow of
Trinity College, Dublin, and Professor of Hebrew ; installed
July 6th. He died on 19th May, 1787, and was buried in
St. Patrick's Cathedral."* The following is the inscription in
St. Kevin's churchyard ' : —

* Cotton (vol. v) states as follows in addition, but does not correct his
former error as to Dr. Martin's place of burial: — "Dr. Martin died on May 9
(not 19), aged 62, leaving an only son. who erected a tablet to his memory in
the north transept of St. Patrick's Church. " [This memorial has " Mav 19th,
1787."]

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Here Lieth the Body of the Rev4
William Martin D.D. Rector of
Killifhandra [sic] and Prebendary of
S* Patricks Durbl]in. Aged 62 [.]
Years 17[87. ?] he Ma[rri]ed Maria[,]

[From Mi's. T. Long.]
Whitshed monument.
P. H. S.

Juxta sepukus jacet Gulielmus Whitshed, Armiger,
TIiohut incliti non ita pridem juris consulti, filius cele-
berrimus ; suis ornamento, patriae commodo natus. A
teneris annis spem bonam florentis aetatis excitavit.
indole admodum felici praaditus, optimis ornatus Uteris,
in Foro siimma legum peritia inclaruit. Juris consul-
tus causas egit lucide, strenue, facunde, Senator prin-'
cipe stiiduit simul et patriae, egregiis hisce dotibus sibi
coneiliavit omnium bonorum vota, Georgii primi Regis
f.ivorem, cui a secretioribus usque erat conciliis. In
Ratted Regis dum primas tenebat, dein ( ipso hoc orante)
Minimum in curia connnuniurn placitorum locum ob-
tinuit ; utramque provinciam per tredecim annos exor-
navit. Judex indefessns, perspicax, incorruptus.
Ita so gessit uti virum decet qui Supremum Judicium
et credit et sperat futarum.

Prematura morte ' abreptus, cadebs obiit quinqua-
genarius, 20 die August! 1727.

Translation by Rev. Canon Carmichael, ll.d.
Ruriyd hard by lies William Whitshed, Gentleman,
the illustrious son of Thomas, not long ago a skilful
lawyer. Rom an ornament to his own family, a help
to the state. From early years he encouraged a good
hope of a prosperous manhood. Very happily endowed
with the best legal knowledge he became famous in
Court in the highest skill of legal knowledge. As a
legal adviser he conducted his cases clearly, strenuously,
eloquently. He devoted himself to his duties as a
Senator, at the same time, and gained by his remark-
able gilts the regard of his own friends, "and the suf-
frages of all honourable men, & the favour of King
George the 1st, and was admitted to his most secret
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Bench, yet, at his own request, he obtained the fore-
most position in the Court of Common Pleas. He
adorned both offices for 13 years, an indefatigable,
clear-headed, & imcorrupt Judge. He so lived as a man
ought, who believed in a supreme judgment, & has a
hope for the future life. Snatched away by a prema-
ture death, he died a bachelor, aged 50, 2Gth day of
August 1727.

1 William Whitshed was an eminent merchant in the early seven
teenth century. His two sons took a house from the church
wardens of St. Michael's, on Cork Hill, in 1676 — Thomas ana
Samuel. Thomas became an eminent lawyer, and his son William
was Solicitor-General, 1709, Chief Justice of the King's Bench,
1714, and of Common Pleas in 1727, and died that year. He
rendered himself obnoxious by persecuting Swift's printers. Swift
then satirized the motto on his coach. On the death of Judge
Whitshed his property became vested in Admiral Sir James
Hawkins, k.c.b., second son of the Bishop of Piaphoe, who having
received a bequest of it .from James Whitshed, the last of the
family, obtained from the Irish Parliament, 1791, a private Act
authorizing him to assume the name, and quarter the arms with
his own.

? This monument was a mural slab in the vestibule of old
St. Michael's, which was pulled down. In a letter from the late
Sir F. Falkiner, he says : — " I think I have myself seen it in the
dilapidated space adjoining St. Audoen's churchyard. Whether it
is there still I do not know, but I do not think it has been
preserved."

i I have taken the inscription and the above particulars from
Gilbert's " History of Dublin," vol. i, p. 212.'

St. ^licliuu's Clmreliyar«t.

[From Eev. H. L. L. Denny.]

* Near the entrance to the vaults, on the south side of the
church, a tombstone bearing the following inscription ' : —

The

Burial Ground for Rob. Lawe, E8q<
Of the City of Dublin and Cork-
where nine of his children
Lyes buried and Margaret
The wife of George Lawe, E"1*

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1 Over the inscription is the Lawe crest : a cock in a circle. Beside
this tombstone stands another similar one inscribed as follows ' : —

Also

Were interred here the remains
. of his Eldest Son Rob* Lawe, EM'

of Leixlip on the 18 Jan. 1S2G,

aged 80 rears & his beloved wife

Elizabeth on the 3rd Dec. 1836,
aged 74 years & his Second son

Alexander on the 27 Jan. 1812,
a-„rtd 20 years. This memento of
a Election for his beloved parents <k
brother is recorded by his eldest son

Lieut Colonel Rob1 Lawe, K.H.

' These Lawes belonged to the ancient Scottish house of Lawe,
of Lauriston. Grant, in his account of the Ijawes, Marquises of
Lauriston, refers to the Lieutenant-Colonel (afterwards General)
Robert Lawe, k.h., mentioned in the foregoing epitaph as "perhaps
the last ft i-r» tentative in the United Kingdom" of that ancient and
iii tint'ui.-hed family. The first of the family to settle in Ireland
- ms to have been the Rev. Robert Law, M.A., who was Rector of
Miiherlin (including Moira) and Annahilt, County Down, about
io7;s. Ho had, with other issue, a son, the Rev. John Law (or,
n* lie wrote himself, Lawe), who was Rector of Monaghan and
Tyholhmd, 1692-1710. He was designated Bishop of Meath in
1715- 10, imt died before he was consecrated, in or about May, 1715-
He married Dorothea, daughter of Anthony Wrightson,
L.-<].. of Maherlin, by whom he had four sons — George, who died
(apparently without issue) 1765, whose wife, Margaret Wrightson,
tras buried'at Si. Michan's in 1772; Robert, Jeremiah, and John,
and two ifoiighters, Rose and Elizabeth, who married . . . Davy.
The second son, Robert Lnwe. was Barracktnaster- General of Ireland.
IK ttii d I78$i having married Martha Wrightson. They were both
buried in Leixlip Churchyard (see epitaph), having had with other
rustic four son- and three daughters. Robert Lawe, of Robertsville,
Leixlip* ihr eldest son. was buried with Elizabeth, his wife, in St.
Michan's Churchyard, having had with other issue General Robert
Lawe, 71st liighhtnders, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Order, a
tlistinguisneil Peninsular veteran. Alexander Lawe, second son,
was liarraekniaster of Cork, and Captain 11th Hussars. He was
i uri» d in Leixlip Churchyard, having married Frances, daughter of
•hunes Smith, Esq., of Courtown, County Kildare, and h act issue,
.fames Lawe. another son, was Governor of Prince Edward's Island ;
and George, Store-Keeper at Harwich, married Mary Reed, and had
a son, Captain Robert Lawe, 10th Regiment of Foot. Of the
daughters, Margaret Lawe married, 14th July, 1782, at St. Michan's,

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the Rev. Paul Limrick, d.d., of Schull, County Cork,* and had issue ;
Martha married William Burke, Esq. ; and Elizabeth Lawe married
(1784) Francis Battersby, Esq.'

St. Worlmrjsli's.

[From Captain E. E. West.]

' An armorial mural tablet in the north gallery of the church
boars the following ' : —

' Arms : Argent, a fesse clancette sable, between three leopards
faces sable.'

• Crest : " Out of a ducal coronet a griffin's head."
' Motto : " Jour de ma vie."

In memory of Matthew West Esqr Alderman of the
City of Dublin who departed this life | the lo of Xovr
1820 aged 43 years \ This tablet is erected by his afflicted
widow | as a frail memorial of her unperishable affection |
and an inadequate testimony of gratitude | for his
unaltered love during their happy union. j The recollec-
tion of his Christian virtues I will loncc be cherished

by his children
irreparable loss

and the many friends who mourn the
Of so much excellence.

' A plain upright stone bears the following inscription ' : —

Sacred
to the memory of
Emily Matilda the beloved wife of
Isaac Manders of Castle Size Co. Kildare, Esqr*

Who deported this life on
the 12th April 1841, in the 28th year of her age
regretted by all who knew her
and whose patience and submission to the
will of God evinced her perfect faith
in her Bedeerner.

' The adjoining stone bears this inscription ' : —

This Stone & Burial place belon | geth to Mr Matthew
West of the City of Dublin, Gold-Smith. | Here lieth
the Body of Mrs- Mary Ann West his Wife, who Departed

this
Son

Life 21 Feb 1781, Aged 35 years | And also of her
Matthew West Esq1 | Alderman of the City of

Dublin | Ob. 15th Xovr- 1820, aged 43 years 1 A tender

* See Cork Archaeological Society's Journal, Autumn number, 1907 —
" Family of Limrick of Schull."

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A horizontal stone bears the following ' : —

H iieth the Body of Jofeph | Hutchefon aged 35
; ,1% Died | May ye 10 1790

A flat stone bears the following ' : —

Underneath lie interr'd

W Dobbs Esq' ) died aged
of Dublin Surg* j 28 Aug 1741 52

"onSa } Dee. 1783. 02

Peter Maturin Esqr 20 Dec 1799 6
Susanna Maturin ,
wife of said Peter

and youngest V 18th Feb 1810

J )aughtei of said
\\ 1 Dobbs

Here Heth the remains of John Dawson. Esq | formerly
an eminent Woollen -draper | in this Parish | he was a
good father a sincere friend j and an honest man i he
died the 21 Jan 1801. | aged 05 years

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This Stone and Burial place | belongetli to Mr John
Cumin and his | Posterity

Here lieth the remains of | Benjamin Swan Esqr of |
Merton in the Coy of Dublin | Who departed this life
the 18 day of April 1854 | aged 28 years

' The last two stones, I was informed by the sextoness, hac
been removed from St. Bride's (recently demolished to makt
room for tdie Guinness trust buildings).'

Trinity College Chapel.

[From Mrs. T. Long and Mr. Thomas U. Sadleir.]*
M. S.

Stephani Creaghe Sandes S.T.P.
Qui hujus collegii scholaris et socii muueribus egregie
Perfunctus ad episcopatum Laonensis primo deinde
Casseliensem Emelacensem Waterfordieiisein et Lismorensem
Evocatus est
Mitis et constans sincerus et pius dignitatum
Munerumque ecclesiae dispensator integerrimus omnibus
Bonis dilectus vixit omnibus Senilis occidit nullis flebilior
Quam quibus cordi est haec universitas cujus commoda
Intentius semper perpendit sapienter auxit impavide defendit,
Custos pervigil nequid detrimenti caperet ne quovis bono
Careret dum vixit hue saepius redire et inra haec
Moenia quam diutissime moreri amavit moriens haud
Alicubi reliquias requiescere volvit
Vixit annos LXIY dies XXXVI excessit e vita id. Novembr
Anno sacro M.DCCC. XLII
Vidua et liberi titulum moerentes posuere.

« The above is on a white marble tablet, surmounted by a draped
urn, over all a mitre, and underneath arms of See impaling Sandes.
Inverted torches at sides on black background.'

Translation.

Sacred to the memory of Stephen Creaghe Sandes,
Professor of Sacred Theology, who, having nobly dis-
charged the offices of Scholar and Fellow of this College,
was elected first to the Bishopric of Killaloe. and then to

* Within a few weeks of each other Mrs. Long and Mr. Sadleir each sent in
the inscriptions from the monuments in Trinity College Chapel. We have
selected Mr. Sadleir's manuscript of the inscriptions, and have added to them
translations (of all but two) which Mrs. Long had kindly contributed. [Editor.]

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that of Cashel, Emly, Waterfdrd and Lismore. Gentle
and firm in character, true-hearted and pious, lie disposed
of ecclesiastical dignities and offices with absolute
honesty; in life lie was beloved by all true men, in death
mourned by all, but by none more lamented than by
those who love this University, whose interests he always
carefully considered, wisely forwarded, and fearlessly
defended ; an ever-watchful guardian lest it should suffer
any loss or lack any advantage. As long as lie lived he
loved to return hither again and again, and to remain as
long as possible within these walls. When dying he
desired that his remains should not rest elsewhere,
lb.' lived G 1 years, 30 days. He departed this life on the
13th November in the year of our Lord 1842.
His sorrowing widow and children erected this inscrip-
tion.

• Very large white marble tablet, with sarcophagus in relief,
draped, and above a palm tree. At top coat-ot'-arms, apparently
quarterlv, but indistinct ' : —

M. S

Viri integerrimi Thomae Prior. S.T.P.
Olim in collegio SS. Trinitatis
Dubliniensi
In numerum discipp. scholar primum
Deinde sociorum juniorum electionem meriti
Quique in ordinem sociorum seniorum

Justo tempore
Quum fuerit jure co-optationis adseitus
Inter alia quam plurima
Gradus academici lionestiora
Professoris litt. graec. regii
Praepositi demum vice extremam
Jam ageus aetatem munera ex sequutus
Decessit P. M. annos duodeoctoginta natus

Fidei spei caritatis exemplar
Quern juvenum fovit plausu tua cura benigno

Fovisti et gremio blandus amicitiae
Te plurat venerandae senex tua funera fletu
Prosequitur lieutum quae comitata cohors
Dilectas sedes almae monumenta revisens
Hen quaere incassum vox silet ora rigent
Te cordis liberttiia mei raptnm adque sepulcrum

Dimidivum .-aero condidk atra solo
His saltern accumulem donis haec jura suprema
Triste ministerium dem cinerque tuo

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Nec solius opus tesfcantur corda dolentum
Laus amor officium testis et alma parens
Spesque adsunt liominumque faventia vota piorum
Intemerata adsunt munera digne fide
Natus est pridie kal. Octobr MD.CCLXV.
Obiit xvi kal. Oct. A.D. M.D. CCC XLI11
Honoris ornamentum
Eeverentiae pietatis officii ergo
Posuerunt filii i. et h. e. p.

Titulos condidit
Et ipse in coetu, ac.idemico
Quondam relatus.
I. K. B.

Translation.

Sacred to the memory of Thomas Prior, a most upright
man, Professor of Sacred Theology. In time past he
won his election to be included in the number of Scholars
first, and then of the Junior Fellows, and at the regular
time reached the rank of Senior Fellow, having been
admitted by the law of co-option. Among his other very
numerous distinctions of academic rank, he held the
office of Begius Professor of Greek Literature, and finally
of Vice-Provost at the very end of his life. He died at
the age of 78. He was a pattern of Faith, Hope, and
Love.

The youth, wrhorn thy care has cherished with kindly
applause, and wdiom thou hast nursed oh the bosom of
friendship, bewails thee, reverend old man, and mourning
follows thy funeral train, which a band of mourners has
attended.

When I revisit the beloved abodes, the monuments of
my university, alas ! in vain I seek thee, thy voice is
silent, thy features cold and stiff. Black death has
snatched thee to the tomb, and laid thee away — the half
of my heart — in the sacred earth. Nor do the hearts of
the mourners alone witness to thy work ; praise, love,
duty are witness and thy kindly parent. Hopes attend
thee, and the protecting prayers of the pious, and pure
gifts worthy of Faith. He was born on the 30th Sept.,
17G5 A.D., and died on the 16th Oct., 1843.
Because of reverence, piety and duty, his sons I. and
H. E, P. [?John and Hugh E. Prior] erected this
ornament to his honour. The inscriptions were written
by one who was once reckoned a member of the staff of
the University.

I.K.B.

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' White marble tablet, surmounted by an urn draped, on black
marble background ' : —

Rev'1 Samuel Jolianni McClean. A.M.
Hujusque collegii socio
Patrono tutor amico alumni hand ingrati
Natus M.D.CCCII
In sociorum numerum electus MDCCCXXIX
Obiit MDCCCXXXV

Translation.

To the Rev. Samuel John M'Clean, A.M., Fellow, patron,
tutor, and friend of this College. His not ungrateful
pupils erected this. Born 1802, elected amongst the
number of Fellows 1829, died 1635.

' Circular white marble tablet, with inscription on scroll round
edge, and coat-of-arms (Wray) impaling in chief a stag's head
erased between two annulets. Motto : Et juste et Vrai ' : —
Henricus Wray Sacrae theologiae
Professor, hujus collegii socius et
Vice-praepositus.
Obiit iv die Novembris MD CCC XLVII.
Moerens vidua tituJum posuit

Translation.

To Henry Wray, Professor of Sacred Theology, fellow
and vice-provost of this College, died the 4th day of
November 1847, his grieving widow set up this inscrip-
tion.

■ White marble tablet, on black background, surmounted by
mitre in relief, and beneath arms of See of Cork impaling Kyle,
three candlesticks, and motto, " Tibi Soli " * :

Juxta hoc marmor

Sep ult us est

Samuel Kyle S.T.P.
Hujus coll. olim alumnus discipulus socius
Praepositus

Qui in sedem episcopalera Corcagiensem

Et Rossensem et deinde Clonensem evectus

Clero suo amicisque

Desidei'atissiinus obiit

Eniscopatus sui anno XVIII

Aetatis LXXVIII

XIII Kal. Jun. MDCCCXLVIXX

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Translation.

Near this marble is buried Samuel Kyle S.T.P. formerly
pupil, scholar, fellow, and Provost of this College,
who was raised to the bishoprick of Cork and Ross and
then to that of Cloyne. Beloved by his clergy and
friends, he died, after being bishop 18 years, and in
the 78th year of his age, on the 20th May, 1848.

M. S.

Georgii Hall S.T.P.

Hujusce collegii
Scholaris socii et demura praepositus
Qui A.D. MDCCCX1

Ad episcopatum Dromorensem consecratus
Mense novembris ejusdem anni
Supremum obiit diem
In toto fere scientiarum orbe
Civis summe peritus
In litteris idem judicii limati et jubacti
Suavissimi in eo mores
Necnon in provincia academica ordinanda
Severitas exempli singularis
Nec dubium
' Quin si deus opt. max. vitae spatium dedisset
Tarn fidelem cum praesulem
Ecclesia habuisset
Quam custodem disciplinae vigilem
Fantorem que studiorum benignissumuin
Multos per annos academia agnoverat
Vixit annos LVIII mens YI
Hanc tabellam Margarita Stock
In avunculi meinoriam posuit.

* This is on a large white marble tablet, with black background ;
beneath coat-of-arms. See of Dromore impaling, for Hall, a
chevron between three lions rampant, in chief three roses, sur-
mounted by mitre in relief.'

Translation.

Sacred to the Memory of George Hall. Professor of
Sacred Theology, Scholar, Fellow, and finally Provost
of this College, who in 1811 A. P. having been conse-
crated to the Bishoprick of Dromore died in the month of
November of that same year.

He was deeply learned in almost the universal range of
scientific knowledge ; a man of accurate and refined

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judgment iu literary matters. His character was most
lovable ; moreover he showed a remarkable strictness in
his arrangements within his Academical Province, and
there is no doubt that if Almighty God had granted him
a long life, the Church would have had in him as faith-
ful a president, as the University had recognized him to
be for many years a watchful guardian of discipline, and
a kind promoter of learning.
He lived 58 years and 6 months.

Margaret Stack erected this monument to the memory
of her uncle.

4 White marble tablet with coat-of-arms at base. Arms of See
impaling Elrington (a fesse between six storks) ' : —

A >fi O

Thomae Elrington S. T. P.
Hujusce collegii scholari socio praeposito
Qui per annos fere XLIII
Muneribus academicis in exemplum perfunctus

Ad episcopatum
Limerhensem primo delude Leighlinensem efc Fernensem

Evocatus est

Verae religionis
Cultor si quis alius sanctus et sincerus
Ecclesiae anglo-hibernicae
Cui vel ultimo spiritu prodesse conatus est
Custos pervigil vindex impavidus

Excessit c vita IIII idus jul. an. sacr. M DCCC XXXV

Vixit annos LXXIIII mens VII dies XXIII

Quo sit honore habitus lit testarentur

Amici acre collato praemia theologici certaminis

Juventuti academicae

Nomine praesulis desideratissimi quotannis proponenda
Instituerunt

TRANSLATION.

To Thomas Elrington, S. T. P., Scholar, Fellow and
Provost of this College, who after having performed the
duties of the University in an exemplary manner for
nearly forty-three years, was called first to the bishop-
rick of Limerick, and then to that of Leighlin and
Ferns. He was, if ever there was, a holy and sincere
worshipper of the true religion of the Anglo-Irish

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church, who even at his last breath attempted to do
good. A guardian and protector ever watchful and
without fear; he died 10th July in the year of our
Lord 1835 ; he lived seventy-four years, seven months,
twenty-three days. His grieving son set up this. To
witness in what honour he was held by his friends,
money having been collected, prizes for a theological
contest were instituted to be laid before the youth of
the University every year in the name of the beloved
bishop.

'Large marble tablet, with medallion portrait in relief, and
coat-of-arms ' —

' A lion rampant regardant with cross fitchee on canton,,
and motto — " Vitam impendere vero" 1 : —

M. S.

Bartholomaei Lloyd S. T. P.
Scholaris socii professoris muneribus
Egregie perfuncti
De academia
Doctrina exemplo scriptis
_ Optime meriti
Quo demum praeposito
Auctis scholorarum studiis
Nomini nostro digniias nova accrevit
Cui vigil cura et exant lauti labores
Plura in dies conanti
Nunquam vires aninii aut moram suavitatem ademere
Yixit annos P.M. LXYII
Decess. VIII feat Decemb. an. M. UCCC XXXVII
Socii et professores hujus collegii
Moerentes titutum posuere
Majora merito

Translation.

Sacred to the memory of Bartholomew Lloyd, Scholar,
Fellow, Professor, who having performed his duties
with ability, and having deserved well from his uni-
versity by his teaching, example, and writings, and who
at length became provost ; the studies of tbe schools
1 laving been increased, fresh dignity was added to our
name.

In his watchful diligence and the labours undertaken,

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as be attempted more from day to day, yet tbe strength
of bis mind or tbe pleasantness of bis manners never
left him. He lived sixty-seven years. He died 24th
November in tbe year 1837.

The Fellows and Professors of this College lamenting
him set up this inscription.

Oval monument of white marble ' : —

Ut singularem qua bonas literas literatosque omnes
per totam vitae deeursum est prosecutus charitatem
signaret reliquias suas in cellula huic vestibulo
supposita condi voluit amplissimus praesul Orulielmus
Newcome D.D. Arehiepiscopus Armachanus ; Coll. Hertford
apud Oxienses cujus per novennium negocia Vice-Praeses
foliciter administravit. Ab Hiberniae pro Rege
illust. comite de Hertford ad dignitatem evocatus
epi>copalom sedem obtinuit ; Dromorensem, Feb.
17G0; Ossoriensem, Ap. 1775 ; Waterford et Lismore, Oct.
1779 ; Ardmach totiusque ecclesiae Hibernicae
Primatun, Mense Januario 1795. Natus Abingdonae
in Com. Oxon, April 19, 1729. Educatus in Coll.
Pembroch, Oxon. Decessit Dubline, Jan. 11. 1800.
Pictatein summe venerandi antiscitis vitae
morumque sanctitatem aetas in qua vixit
Rgnovit, iugenium scripta declarant.

In Hall of Library, T.C.D.

Large marble monument with seated effigy in relief : —

M. S.

Reverendissimi • Johannis Brinkley ' S. T. P.
Episcopi • Clonensis
Dudum • in • Collegio SS. Trinitatis Dubliniensi
Astronomiae • professoris • laudatissimi
Hoc • signum • honoris • ergo • constituernnt
Socii • Academici • cleriei • dioecesis • aliique • complures
Voluntate • et • otficiis ■ devincti
Obi it • a. s. mdcccxxxv • aetatis • lxx
Redux ■ ad ' astra • lumen • abiit • ingeni
At * ne * reposcas • nimio * amore • percitiis
Fata • obsequutum • sospice • huic • scientia
Victrix • sepuloliri • stabit • integrum • decus
Neu • iletus • adsit • morte • cariturus • viget

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Superstitum • cui ■ vita ' adest • praecouiis
Musarum • in • adytis * cuique • monimentum nitet
Caelesti • in arce ; sidernm ■ vagans • jubar

J. K. B.

Ex. soc. Coll. Dub.

'There are two white marble tablets, on slate background,
placed on either side of the door, bearing the names of those
Provosts and Fellows who are buried in the vaults under the
chapel.

< On tablet to left ' :—

Ptichardus Murray. S. T. P.

praep. 1795. obiit a.d. 1790.
Gulielrnus Newcome, S. T. P.

Archiep. Armagh, obiit a.d. 1800.
Matthaeus Young. S. T. P.

ep. Clonfert. 1799. obiit a.d. 1800.
Johannes Brinkley S. T. P.

ep. Cluan3 obiit a.d. 1835.
Thomas Elrington. S. T. P.

Praep. 1811. ep. Ferns 1822. obiit a.d. 1835.
Georgius Hall. S. T. P.

Praep. 180G. ep. Drnmqr8 1811. obiit 1811.
Johannes Law. S. T. P.

ep. elphin3 obiit a.d. 1810.

' On tablet to right ' :—

Franciscus Sadleir. S. T. P.

Praep. 1837. Obiit a.d. 1851.
Kicardus Macdonnell. S. T. P.

Praep. 1851. Obiit a.d. 1867.
Carolus G. Wall. S. T. P.

Yice-praen. Obiit a.d. 1802.
Samuel Kyle S. T. P.

Praep. 1820. ep. Corcen3 1831. obiit a.d. 1848.
Henricus W ray S. T. P.

Yice-praep. 1848. obiit a.d. 1847.
Thomas Prior S. T. P.

Yice-praep. 1840. obiit a.d. 1S43.
Stephanus Sandes. S. T. P.

ep. Cassel3 obiit a.d. 1842.
Franciscus Hodgkinson ll.d.

Yice-praep. obiit a.d. 1840.
Bartholomueus Lloyd S. T. P.

Praep. 1831. obiit a.d. 1835.

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ttliiasaniiicliy, St. AfiitV Cliur<*Is.var«l. Parish of
Talla^Itt.

[From Capt. G. S. Cary, e.i.c]
A,

This Sr> no erected by .Tames Kinny in Memory of big
father tfpH mother, Edward & Luecy Kinny & their
posteritv Nowmber the 12th 1791.

I. H. S.

This FtoJte and burial place belongetli to Walter Lawler
<v bis poierity, March 2, 1795.

I. H. S.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Memento Mori.

'I \ .\< Stoiie was erected to the Memory of Margareth
Collins who departed this life the 23rd of Octr 1806,
need $H wars.

I. H. S.

Sacred to the memory of John Doyle, who died 29:b
Aug1 l vJl, Aged 42 years, and of his wife Judith, who
died of Oct1 1833 aged 52 years This Monument
i> erected by their Grateful and loving Son Joseph
Doyle V.S. 16 \Yestlaztd Row, desirous also of perpetu-
ating the memory of his beloved Son Benjamin Doyle
who tlied 8lh Jany* 1837 ncred 11 months.

•Note.— This < A i Churchyard is the u €i\\ Easpuig Sanctain " (= the
Church of Bishop Sanctatn) mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters,
under the year A.r>. 95'2, St. Ann had nothing whatever to do with this
place; and it was only in ignorance that a name similar in sound to the Celtic
saint's name has bei-n adopted by English-speakers.

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I. M. S.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Erected by William Jones in Memory of his father
Mathew Jones who died 17th Jany 1834, aged 64 years
& Mother Anne Jones died 18th May 1822 aged 40 years
k Bisters Mary died 8th June 1817 aged 19 years, Julia
died 12th Nov1' 1821 aged 23 years & Brothers Andrew
died Octr 4th 1839 aged 30 years. Thomas died 28th
July 1844 aged "38 years.

L H, S.

This burial place belongeth to John Fulam and his
posterity, who lived in New Street, hear lieth the
body of the above who departed this life December the
26th 1750 aged 48 years, Here lieth also five of his
children. This stone beeing erected by his loving wife
Catherine Fulam in memory . . .

[Rest of stone buried.]

I. H. S.

This Stone erected by the widow McMahon in Memory
of her Affectionate Husband Matthew McMalion who
departed this life the 10th of April 1794. aged 41 yrs.
and also here lieth 10 of his children.

Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Memento I.H.S. Mori.

This stone erected by Mary Devine in Memory of her
beloved Husband Andrew Devine late of Ballymees who
departed this life the 3d of May 1808 aged 56 years,
here also lieth the remains of his father and mother
John and Anne Devine.

HoHywoocl Churchyard— Cliurcli of" St. Cauicc.

[From James R. Fowler.]

1 Dalton and Lewis speak of the Holy Well (and Church) as
dedicated to a St. Kennett. The Ordnance Survey marks the
Holy Well as St. Kenny's. I was puzzled over this, and got some

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of the country people to pronounce the name for me, and found it
to be what is written above. For description of Church, see
Dr. Walsh's " Fingal."

4 Lewis says : " On levelling a hill near the ruins of the old
church in 1833, several urns containing ashes were found about
6 feet below the surface." '

1762

I. H. S.

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Xlolmpatriek <JI« urvSi var<I .

[From Lord Walter FitzGerald.]

' By far the most ancient slab in this churchyard is one dated
1520, which was erected to the memory of a Prior of the House of
the Blessed Virgin Mary of Holnipatrick (removed from the island
of Inis Patrick to the mainland, between the years 1213 and 1228,
by Henry, Archbishop of Dublin). The Prior thus commemorated
■was named Peter Marine, or Mainn.

' A rubbing of the inscription was taken in April, 1907, and
forwarded to the Rev. YVilliam Carrigan, c.c. (author of the History
of the Diocese of Ossory), for inspection. To him all the credit
is due of reading this hitherto unpublished and undescribed
inscription.

1 Father Carrigan renders it thus (contractions expanded) : —

f$it facet petriis matrat oXtirt
prior Ijutus Damns, cuius mtnxx
proptctctor Uetts, qui oHutt anno
rijrtstn nto

* He adds that the surname Mainn is doubtful : probably it was
originally " Mamie" ; but the right-hand stroke at the top of the
" e " is worn off on the slab, so that it now looks like Mainn or
Manni.

' This slab measures 73 inches in length, 21 inches at the upper
end, and 19 inches at the lower end in breadth. The inscription
runs down the whole length of a plain cross, which alone ornaments
the slab. "It was probably discovered by Mr. T. U. Steele in July,
1893, when he caused the Delahide sixteenth-century slab to be
raised to the surface (see Journal, vol. ii., p. 295) ; but he does not
mention it. These two slabs lie alongside one another.

'Mr. Garstin, f.s.a., has kindly supplied me with the following
remarks on the inscription : —

' " Though this inscription is tolerably clear, the lettering and
abbreviations are peculiar. The words are not divided, and the
letters ' i ' are undotted, which makes it hard to decipher, and
consequently I have not succeeded in reading it ; but I accept the
Kev. William Carrigan 's reading as given above. In English it
means: ' Here lies Peter Mainn (or Manne), formerly Prior of this
House, on whose soul God have mercy. He died in the year of
Christ 1520.

' " The only capital letter in the inscription is the initial H.

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4 " The date is not, as usual, A.D., but A.C. The symbol for
{ Christi ' corresponds to the x °f Greek alphabet ; the 1 Ch ' or
' Chi ' of the Greek for Christ (as in Xmas for Christmas; is unusual
in Irish inscriptions. The ' i ' of its termination, as well as the
final 'o' in ' millesimo,' &c, is represented by a square dot or
top, and other similar marks are used for abbreviations or stops, as
at the end.

' " The date is certainly 1520, but expressed with \k (= five
hundreds i, instead of the 6 or D, more usual in later times. It
fixes this as one of the earliest inscriptions now extant in Ireland.

1 u When John D'Alton wrote his History of the County
Dublin, in 18$8» he described the Delahoyde inscription of 1587 and
a few others, and added the following, which doubtless relates to the
stone now being discussed, and which proves his conjecture to be
correct. He says : —

1 1£ There is likewise a very old stone, with a now unintel-
ligible inscription, sculptured in alto relievo on the shaft of
a cross that extends over its whole length, possibly designed
to commemorate some lordly prior of this House.' "

' 44 Holmpatrick was one of the Irish religious houses suppressed
in 1537, previous to the general dissolution. Only five years pre-
viously, in 1582, the Prior had been summoned by the King to
ut tend a hosting on the hill of Owenstown, in right of the Manor of
Ihscket-Unvn, adjacent.

* " Isaac Putler, in his Journal of 1744, barely mentions Holm-
patrick, and gives no inscription from it."

' In d County Dublin Exchequer Inquisition [No. 83 (118) of
Henry Villi, taken in Dublin on the Wednesday following the
L\ ast of Dom. in Albis H. VIII 30° (i.e. of Whit Sunday, 1538), to
ascertain what were the possessions of the late Priory of Holm-
patrick, it was found that it owned, held tenements in, or received
t) thes from :

1 '* Holmpatrick, Newgrange, Saddleston, Mollaghomyn,
Hayston, Balrodery, Hacketston, Therleston, Pieriston,
Loghbraghe, Barnegeraghe, Baltrastyn, Mylwardeston,
Layn, Swords, and Skerries."

t 1 The Inquisition also mentions the following succession of
Priors in connection with leases granted by the Priory :
John Dwen (died).
Peter Marine (died in 1520).
William Cantwell (resigned).
Philip Core (who surrendered the Priory to
the Crown on the 8th May, 1587).

1 This proves that Archdall, in his " Monasticon Hibernicurn,"
was wrong in stating that Peter Mamie was the last Prior.'

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' Scattered through the burial-ground are headstones bearing
the following inscriptions ' : —

Here under lyeth | the Body of Ann Grif | fen wefe
[sic] of Philip Grif | fen who departed this | life the
9th of April 1792

IHS

This Stone Was Erected By | Francis Doyle. Here
Lyeth v6 Body of Elizabeth | Doyle who departed this |
Life May ye 11th 1755 Aged 29 years

IHS

Here lyeth the Body | of Christopher Boylon ] who
departed this | Life November yc 27th 1745 | aged 43
years. Also Chris | topher & Ann Boylan son
[Rest underground. J

IHS

Here lyeth the \ body of Hugh | Daly who dyed |
May the 2nd 1733 ' aged 51 years.

* On a more modern headstone near this one the name appears as
"Derham."

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' On a narrow flat slab, of old appearance, bearing a plain
Latin cross in relief down 'the middle, with a hammer and two
leaves of foliage on one side of the shaft, and a pincers on the
opposite side, all in relief, is the following incised inscription cut on
top and extending on to the cross ' : —

This Stone
belongs to
Rich: Tool &
his
Posterity.

'The latter word is cut on the arms of the cross, and at its base
is cut the date 1710.'

' Not far from the last-mentioned tombstone, but more to the
south, is a ilat slab on which is inscribed ' : —

Here Lieth the Body of the
Reverend Mr. Anthony Tanner
who departed this Life the 7th
of May 1741. Aged 49 years

The Hussey Inscription.
[From J. E. Garstin.]

1 This larure graveyard contains a vast number of monuments,
and, as befits a place which is said to have belonged in early times
t<> cross-laiids of the county, and, perhaps, on account of the
admirable .-tone supplied by the neighbouring quarries, it has many
monumental crosses of large dimensions and varying artistic merit.
They are, however, comparatively modern.

1 D'Alton in his " History of the County Dublin," published in
]K.H?S, mentions the Hussey Tombstone of 1577 as the oldest ; but as
hi- does not give the inscription, nor does Mr. Steele in his
contribution to the "Journal" (vol. ii, 1893, pp. 294-6), the following
may be worth reading : —

1 The stone is a large table-tomb, which has lately been reset on
four new square-carved pedestals, and surrounded by a dwarf-stone
border. At the head of this is the ancient inscription, which
occupies but a small place. It has lately been recut, and it now
runs as follows ' : —

HIC JACET ELIZABETH
FINGLAS QUONDA3I
UXOR THO-M.E HUSSEI
DE HOLMPATU ICK GENLKOSI
QUE ODIIT XXVJI DIE
NQVF.MBR1S A.D. 1<377
QUIVIS AH' PPCIELUB. DE"

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• 'To the left of the inscription are the arms of Hussey, impaling
Finglas, and with the initials t, u, and e above.

'The stonecutter has almost "improved" out of existence the
original of the last line, which doubtless embodied the usual prayer.
The lady belonged to a family of which Chief Baron Finglas, of
Wespalstown, near this, was head.

4 A more modern inscription on the same slab, under the above,
commemorates Christopher Grimes and his wife, and, lower down,
a family named Knight, who presumably represented the Hussey
first named.'

Ivil;; ol?l>in (i.e. flic Cliiircli of" St. GoK>l»uii).

[From Peirce Gun Mahony, m.r.i.a., Cork Herald of Arms.]

' The ruined Church of Kilgobbin is in the Parish of Kilgobbin
and Half Barony of Rathdown, and is about six miles from Dublin,
on the road to Bray. The parochial returns in the Public Record
Office date from 1780 to 1782.

« Those interested in the ecclesiastical history of the parish
should read "The History of the County of Dublin" (vol. iii,
p. 65) by Francis Elrington Ball, m.r.i.a.

' The churchyard is very well kept, and would be a good example
for many others.

' Near the entrance of the churchyard there is the following
inscription ' : —

The Family . Vault . of
John . Richardson .
' Kilgobbin

' In the church there are the following inscriptions ' : —
Here lietli the Remains of Mr. Tho8. | Gillagham who
Died Octor 19th 1780 | Aged 72 Years.

Sacred to the Memory of
the Reverend Henry Kearney a.m.
For 3G Years Rector of Kilternan Parish
who died the 6th day of June 18.55 in the 72ud year of his Age
a devoted soldier of Jesus Christ
when few were on the Lords side
he contended boldly against error
A faithful Shepherd of his masters fold
he fed his flock in Heavenly pastures
And while thus walking in the fear ot God
he won the respect and Love of men
Underneath also rests the remains of his \Yife

Mrs Elizabeth Kearney
who departed this life the 15th day of May 1831

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Ill the church are the following ' : —

Here Bests
the Mortel [sic] Remains of
Ellen Letitia
second Daughter of
Emanuel James Bayly
of this Parish Esquire and
Margaret Eleanor his Wife
Bora January 18:h 1837
Died June 9th 1653

Here also is interred
Will t am Bernard Bayly
an Infant Child of the above Parents
Born March 5th 1842
Died August 6th 1842

Also Alice Isabel Smith
Who Died August 12 1877
Aged 8 months

Emanuel James Bayly
Born March 16lb 1810
Died March 25th 1887

On a cross in the church is the following ' : —

On a idab underneath the cross ' : —

Here also are interred the remains of Joseph Strong
Esq. | of Glcnamuck, Golden Ball | who died on the 8th
November 1853 Aged 76 Years. | Also of xinne Gregg
daughter of above and Wife of | Robert Gregg Esq. of
5 Upper Rutland SJ Dublin who | died on the 15th
January 180G aged 54 years also RoV J | Gregg who
died on 6th January 1805 Aged 25 Years & I Charles Yr.
Gregg who died on 30th May ] 1853 Aged 2 Months | &
15 days botb sons of above Robert & Anne Gregg

On another slab ' : —

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' In the churchyard are the following inscriptions ' : —
This Stone and Burial Place
Belongeth to Mr Jeftery [sic] Davis

and his Posterity.
Here Lyeth the Body of the above
said Mr* Jeffrey [sic] Davis who
Departed this Life the 3d Day of Mr-
1710 in the 54th Year of his Age
Also James Moore Davis of Murphystown Esq*
who died 30th Nov. 1800 Aged 43 years.
Also John Davis of Murphystown Esq-
who died 1802 Aged 84 years.

Also Richard Davis of Tibradden E8q- who
died Nov. 1809 Aged 84 years.

Also George Davis Great grandson of the
above named Pilchard Davis who died 31st
May 1849 Aged 29 years.
Also Richard Davis of Dublin Esq> who died
5th Jan. 1856 Aged 03 years. He was
grandson of the above named John Davis
and father of the above named George Davis.
Also Richard Lionel son of the last named
Richard Davis who died 19th Oct. 1857 Aged 35 years.

Also Eliza wife of the last named Richard Davis
and grand daughter of the first named Richard Davis
She departed this life the 8th Feb. 1880 aged 84 years.

Under this Stone lie the remains of j Mr. David
Bleakley I who died the 213t November 1817 | aged 70
years.

This Stone [and] | Burial Place | Belongeth to
Maguire And His family | He was interred j
of Janry. 1734.

Note. — Morgan Maguire, of Murphystown, in the County of
Dublin, in his will dated 30th day of December, 1734 (proved
January 1734 ?) mentions his eldest son Christopher Maguire, and
also his son Bryan Maguire. Proved in the Prerogative Court.

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This Stone belongs to Mr Rob1 | Price of Dublin Under
which | is interred four of his children | 11 GO. \ Also
Mr*. Catherine Duff his daughter.

This Stone was Erected | By Isaac Burgess of Mill
town For him and his post- | erity March ye 20th 1734
Here lieth Six of his chil | dren.

This Burial place belongeth to | Mr. William

Harkness I of the City of Dublin Merchant |

Here lieth the body of his Mother | Mrs. Marg ARET

llAnK.vrsslWho departed this life the 15th Septr 1794 I

Aged 84 Years. '

Also his Son Bob Harkness who died young

Also his daughter Isabella | who died" 10 Mav 1802

his daughter Mary Anne j who died November 1813 |

his wife who died 3rd June 1S15

Mr. William Harkness himself | who died in the 74th
Year of his Age | on the 12'h October 1817.
Also Mrs. Sarah Anne Harkness | who died October
24th 1901 | Widow of the Kev. William Harkness.

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Here is interred the remains of | John Taylor | of the
City of Dublin Esqr | who died the 12th of April 1825
aged 76

Also Sussanna Eliza Taylor | Who died January 1837
Aged 25 | and Sackville John Taylor | Who died
28 August 1850 Aged 41

Here also lies the remains of | Catherine Taylor (Born
Chudleigh) I Widow of Major Sackville Brownlow
Taylor j Who departed this life June 18th 1875, Aged
95 Years.

Catherine Taylor was Mother of the | above Susan
Eliza Taylor and Sackville John Taylor.

[7 lines of texts.]

' On the same stone is the following ' : —

Anna Maria Loyd | Widow of Bartholomew G. Loyd,
Q.C | Major Sackville Brownlow Taylor | Born 25*'
January 1818 died 20th July 1904.

Sacred to the Memory of j MRS- Elizabeth Hutchison
who Departed[ This Life the 25th Day of January 1832 |
Aged 72 l'ears

Also her son Redmond -Morris Hutchison [ Who
departed this life the 31st Day of January 1838 | Aged
48 Years | And His Two Infant Children
This Tablet is Erected | in Memory of a Beloved
Husband by his Sorrowing | and Bereaved W7idow. |

This Stone & Burial Place belongs to James Lea |
of Grafton Street in the City of Dublin Merch1
Here lieth the remains of Said James Lea | who
departed this Life the 16th Day of July 1771 | in the
30th. Year of his Age.

Edith Lea his W7ife who departed this Life the | 21st Day
of May 1781 in the 39th. year of her age

1 Note from Parochial Returns ' : —

John Lea a Citizen of Dublin was buried 10th. April
1785.

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Robertus Young Prior [ Died 1832

Here also is buried | Rev. Hugh Edward Prior Rector of

Clonmel | who died 15 September 1856 aged 50 Years.

[Feom a Sketch by Mrs. Peirce G. Mahony.]

Here lyeth the Body Of Mr Tho
mas Taylor of Harrold Grange
Who departed this life the 22tl of

November 1727.
Underneath lieth the remains of
Samuel Taylor Esqr who departed

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this life the 2d of April 1818. Aged 79 Years
& six months, leaving only one daughter
married to the Itevd Doctor Vesey of the
City of Dublin.

Mrs Anna Taylor who departed this life
Feby 22nd 1825 Aged 66 Years
Daughter of John Eastwood Esqre of
Castletown County Louth. "Wife of
Mathew Beresford Taylor Esqr
who died the 8th of March 1828
Aged 74 years.

Mrs Isabella Taylor
who departed this life 1st March 1880
daughter of Sir Barry Colles Meridytii Bart.
Wife of John Keatinge Taylor Esqr.
Aged 56 Years.

Cap* 8th Hussars who died 3rd Mar. 1836 Aged 52 Years
His Widow Mary daughter of Wm Poole of Ballyroan Esq.
died 28th Jan 1892
Isabella their eldest child died 1884 Aged 2 years.

4 The above-named Thomas Taylor in his will, dated
3rd September, 1727, mentions his sons John, Thomas, Samuel,
and Jonathan, and his daughters Mary Gray, wife of Joseph
Gray ; Hannah Bignall, wife of Edward Bignali ; Mrs. Clarke,
and Mrs. Lester, wife of John Lester; and his wife, Mary Taylor.

' Will proved in the Principal Registrv of the Diocese of Dublin,
May, 1728.

'For further particulars see the "History of the County of
Dublin," Part III, page 61, by Francis Elrington Ball, m.r.i.a.'

[Crest : An arm embowed, holding a sword.]

This Stone belongs to Mr Jonath Taylor
of Brides Alley Brewer. Here lies Interrd

his Wife Mrs Hannah Taylor who depar
ted this life the lSlh of March 1741 Aged
35

Said Jonathan Taylor with his sons Tiobert
and Samuel and his daughter Esther Taylor
are interred here likewise Anthony Rebecca
and John the infant children of Wni & Ednab

Davis granddaughter of the above named
Hannah and Jonathan Taylor.

also William Davis her husband who died

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4th Feb. 1815 aged 44 years also their son
Thomas Davis aged 19 years who died
29th Nov1 1828 also Martha wife of their son
Wm Davis of the Ballast Office Dublin who
departed this life 1st May 1854 aged 47 Years
and the said Wm Davis of the Ballast Office
Dublin who died on the 25th of June 185-1 Aged
47 Years.

Here al<o lieth the mortal remains of the
above named Ednah Davis who departed
tiiis life on the 3rJ of July 1856 aged 80 Years

[Crest : A demi lion rampant.]

I.H.S.

Here Lyeth the | Body of John Ryan | Who died
June ye 6 | 1737 Aged 64 Years

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Here lie the Bodies
of John Deaken Genn [sic] Died in 1721 Aged. 69
Ellen Deaken his wife Died in 1725 Aged 73
Willm Deaken Genn [sic] their son Died in 1743 [or 1745] Aged 49
Ruth Deaken his wife Died in 1777 Aged 82
Colonel John Deaken died 10th day of July 1793
Aged 72

Died August the 11th 1818 Miss
Christian Deaken Aged 92 years
Died November the 16th 1819" Miss
Mary Ann Jacob Aged 63 years
Died October the 6th 1821 Major
Patrick Jacob Aged 75 years
Late of His Majesty's 95 Reg1 of Foot
He terminated an honourable life

This Stone was erected by I JohnRooneyto the memory
of his | beloved Father and Mother who | departed this
life the former and latter [sic]

Also in memory of his dourly beloved | Wife Catherine
Rooney who departed I thh life on the 29th day of
August | 182(3 Aged 33 Years.

Here also lieth interred the remains | of two of their
Children who died young

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Here also lieth the above John Rooney | and his Wife
Mary Eooney. ' John died 6th of May 1861 aged G8
Years. Mary j died 19'h January 1873 aged GO Years
And | His son John died 24th Novr 1869 Aged 28 |
Years also his son in law Dennis Evans died | 29th
Oct 1872 aged 80 Years & his grandson | John Evans
who died young also his | grand Daughter Catherine
Eeilly | Aged 9 Years.

This Stone was Erected for John Trumble | of Woodside
and his Posterity

Here Lieth the body of Sarah Trumble | his wife who
departed this life the 23d | day of August 1804 Aged 72
Y'ears.

Here also Lieth her son John JBeaty j Trumble who
departed this life the 20th j of April 1808 Aged 10 months |
Likewise the body of Wiim Trumble | son of the above
John Trumble who | Departed this life March 2nd 1809
Aged 44

This Stone was Erected in memory | of Mr Robert

Callaghan late cf \ Kilgobbin Farmer who Lieth here |

interred and Departed this life | Aged 42 Yrears.

Here also lieth the remains of Andrew | Shea who died

the 27th of March 1792 | Aged 24 Years.

Here lieth the remains of Mr John Shea | who died the

27th of April 1802 | Aged 69 Years.

Here lieth also his Daughter Mrs Bridget Cole who died

the 19th of April 1S06 | Aged 44 Years.

Mr Rob* Shea son of the above John Shea | died 10th

Feb 1819 Aged 61 Years

Mrs Marg* Shea wife of John Shea died | 6th Jan 1822
Aged 81 Years

Miss Jane Shea daughter of Wm Shea died | 22nd May
1822 Aged 12 Years.

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Here Lyeth the Body | of Muril Burn who de | parted
this life May | 17G1 aged years | also his Wife

Margaret | who died 1771 aged | 75 years.

Erected | to the memory of M" Rose Field | who
Departed this life 5 Novr 1822 j Aged 6-1 Years.
Also here lies interred the Remains of I Mr John Dixon
late of Enniskerry | "Who departed this life 8th Jany
1818 | Aged 41 Years.

Milverton— St. Movoc's Churchyard, Parish of
II oliupatrick.

[From Mr. J. R. Fowler.]

* This is situated on the roadside some miles from Balrothery.
It is raised some six feet above the road, and is entered by a stile.
The foundations of the little church which once stood in the centre
are briar-choked. There are but few inscriptions. They are as
follows ' : — "

This Stone Belongs to Charles | Fitzpatrick and Martha
his wife | Underneath is Interred two of her | Children

4 Next to the memory of — Duff, of Milverton, 1837, inscription
ends up ' : —

1 There are only three other tombs ' : —

Halpin 1800

Allen of Hampton 1858

Dull 1861-1889

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1 A holy well, renowned in the neighbourhood for its curative
power, is not far from the churchyard. It is built with uncemented
stone, has steps leading down to it, and is of large size. It is
dedicated to St. Movee, and its water is an excellent cure for
toothache.'

[Note. — In the Inotuisitions " Milverton " is written " Myl-
wardstown." The St. Movee by whom the church was founded
may be the St. Mobhe, of Glasnevin, venerated on the 12th of
October. — Editor.]

lEoiikstoivit Ifarisli Cluircli.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

'In the north transept a white marble tablet bears the following
inscription ' : —

' On the wall of the south transept is a white marble monument,
consisting of a central panel, carved with a classical female figure
kneeling beneath a cypress- tree, and weeping over a funeral urn.
Surmounting the panel the Day Arms and Crest, and beneath it
the following inscription ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of
Robert Day Esquire,
late Second Justice of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland.
He was third son of Bevd John Day of Lohercannon in the Co. of Kerry
and of Lucy his wife daughter of Maurice FitzGerald, Knight of Kerry.
He died 8th Febrv 1841. in the 95th year of his age.
He was an eloquent Advocate, an able Lawyer

And a just and merciful Judge.
His affectionate widow erected this Monument

As a slight tribute to his many virtues,
And in hope of his resurrection to eternal life
through our Lord Jesus Christ.

* The above Hon. Robert Day was M.P. for Ardfert in the
Irish Parliament ; a Judge of the King's Bench, 1798-1818. He
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frequently the medium of communication between Grattan and the
Prime Minister, William, Earl of Shelbourne, First Marquess of
Lansclowne, who, a native of the same county, was Day's familiar
friend.

'Day married, 14th August, 1774, Mary, daughter of John
Potts, Esq., of London, by whom he had an only child, Elizabeth,
who married, 26th May, 1795, Sir Edward Denny, Bart., of Tralee
Castle, and died in 1828. Judge Day resided for many years
previous to his death at Loughlinstown House, Co. Dublin.

Olrt Monksiown Graveyard.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

' On a large flat tombstone the following inscription': —

Sacred to the Memory of
Mary Day the wife of Piobert Day, Esq.,
late one of the Judges of the King's Bench.
She died the 18th day of April 1828, aged 76 years,
loved, honoured and lamented
As a pattern of purity benevolence and truth.
Beneath this Stone are
likewise deposited the remains of the above mentioned

Robert Day Esq.
He died February 8th, 1841, in the 95th year of his age.
A Monument has been erected to his memory
within the Church of this parish.
Here also lieth the Body of
Mary, relict of the above named Robert Day,
Daughter of Bart: Fitzgerald, Esq., m.d.
Who died at Malvern June 11th, a.d. 1849.

COUNTY FERMANAGH.

ML on ea C 1 1 it r e I s .v a r d .

[From the Rev. W. B. Steele.]

{Continued from p. 93.)

Here lieth the body of Thos. Houdex who departed
this life Nov. 1749 aged 9"> years. Also his wife Joan
Houdex departed March 1755 aged 82 years. This
stone is erected by James Houdex in memory of his
daughter Mary who departed the 10th August 1765 aged
13 years.

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Here lieth the body of Jean Petterson wife to Robt
Petterson who departed this life April the 15th 1754
aged 72 years.

1 There is a coat-of-arms at the head of this stone bearing three
martlets. Crest : a martlet ' : —

Here lyeth the body of Walter Stinson who departed
this life December the 8 : 1762 aged 61 years. Robert
Stinson died March 1799 aged 61 years.

I. H. S.

Erected by Patrick Flanagan in memory of his father
Cormuck who depd. this life August 16th 1766 aged 50
years.

I H. S.

Here lyeth the body of Rose McCanna who died May
the 29th 1766 aged 26 years.

* The beginning of this inscription is illegible ' : —

Also Margaret Rankin mother to ye above named
George who departed this life September ye 10th 1767
aged 66 years. Here lyeth the body of George Rankin
who departed this life April y6 2nd 1786 aged 72 years.

* There is a pair of inverted compasses at the head of this
inscription ' : —

Here lyeth the body of Charles Swindel who depd. this
life in August 1770 aged 45 years.

Here lies the body of James Moffin who departed this
life April ye 5th 1772 aged 76 years and 3 of his
children.

Here lieth the body of David Wilkin who depa this life
April the 16th 177a aged 96 years. Also James Wilkin
who departed this life Fabua** the 14th 1795 aged 45
years.

FERMANAGH.

356

Here lieth the body of Jane Davis who departed this
life April the 9th 1773 aged 54 yrs.

1 There is more of this inscription underground ' :—

I. H. S

Erected by Elinor McManus in memry of Felix
McManus who depd this life Decr. ye 6th 1775 aged G6
y" also of Mary McManus who died July ye 17th 1787.

' The beginning of this inscription is illegible' : —

. . . Falles in memory of his wife Christian Ellet
who departed this life June the 22ni 1777 aged 42
years.

Here lyeth ye body of Elink. Cunningham who depd this
life Mar ye 25th 1778 aged 24 yrs.

Erected by James Feir in mem17 of his father
Alexander Feir who depd. this life August 6th 1778
aged 66 years.

Underneath lie the bodies of Alex* Weir Esq*. an4
Barbara his wife, the latter died in April 1779 the
former in Octob1'. 1784. In yite yirtute yaluerunt.
In morte lugentur Also here rest the remains of
Robert Weir Esq. J.P. Lieu1, in the Fermanagh Militia
the eldest son of John Weir Esq. of Craig Hall who
died December 0th A.D. 1857 aged 35 years. Also the
remains of Caroline Mary Eelict of John Weir Esq. of
Craig Hall who died July 29th 1885 aged 85 years
To die is gain

* Several words in this inscription are illegible ' : —

. . . Jas . . . David Hamilton in memory of their
father Puchd. Hamilton who . . . 1780 aged 74>years.

Here lyeth the body of James Falles who depd this life
Jan. 4th 1780 aged 84 years.

Here lyeth ye body of Thomas Watson who departed
this life March the 11th 1781 aged 86 years.

357

FERMANAGH.

Here lyeth the body of Thomas Sinklar who depd. this
life March the 17th 1783.

Erected by Will* Cathcart in merar7 of his wife Ealce
Cathcart who depd. this life Marc, ye 14th 1785 aged
21 y»

Erected by Luke Doyle of Enniskillen in memory of
his wife Margaret Doyle who departed this life May
the 14th 1788 aged 4*2 years. Also their son Francis
Doyle who departed this life Sepbr. the 24' 1 1809 aged
26 years. Here lieth the body of Luke Doyle that
erected this stone who departed this life March 13th
1812.

Erecd. by Fr" Magixnis in memory of his father Patt
Maginxis who depd this life June 26lh 1788 aged59yrs.

I. H. S.

Erected by Patrick Leax in memory of his father
Patrick who depd. this life Augst. 14th 1788 aged 86
years.

Erected by James Spexce in memory of his daughter
Mary who depd. this life June ye 21st 178- aged 18
years.

This stone was erected by the children of Geo. Irwix
lato of Derrygore as a tribute to his memory who
departed this life 14th of September 1791 aged 73 years.
Also of Acheson Irwin grandson of the above who died
Oct. 29th 1805 in his 59th year.

Here lieth the body of John Cathcart who depd this
life August the 22"a 1798 aged 52 yrs.

Here lyeth the body of George Howden who departed
this life 1794 aged 80 years. Also James Howden wiio
departed this life 1796 aged 28 yrs.

FERMANAGH.

358

Here lyeth the body of Mary Robinson who departed
this life May the 27th 1795 aged 67 yrs. Sacred to the
memory of James Robinson who departed this life
August 20th 1616 aged 61 years. This tomb was erected
by his son Archibald Robinson.

Erected by Hugh Bothwell in memory of his father
Edward Bothwell of Portmush who depd this life . . .
the 12th in the year of our Lord 1796. Also his two
Sons William aud James who depd Dec. the 12th 1801
aged 42 years and Dec. the 26th 1802 aged 40 years.

Erected by J3 Drennan in memory of his son Oliver
Drennan who departed this life May 10th 1796 aged 22
years.

Erected by Robert Scott in memory of his father
James Scott who departed this life October 22nd 1798
aged 69 years.

* The following five inscriptions are undated, but they appear to
be older than the year 1800 ' —

Erected by James Gardiner in memory of his familys.

IH S

Erected by William Maxwell in memory of his two
sons Patrick and William.

This was done by Isac Wood of ... in memory of
his father Thomas Wtood who departed ...

[The rest of this inscription is illegible. There is a coat-of-arms
at the top bearing a boar's head and a tree. Crest-— an arm holding
a dagger.]

Erected by Noble Cunningham in memory of his father
Michael Cunningham who depd this lire March ye . . .

[The rest of this inscription is underground.-!

Here lyeth the body of Alexander Fair.

359

FERMANAGH.

Erected by Eobert Huston in memory of his father
James Huston who depd this life March the 16lh 1800
aged Go years. Also his wife Mary Huston who dep'
this life Nov. the 23rd 1830 aged 73 years.

Here licth the body of James Kerr who departed this
life September the 22nd 1801 aged 59 years.

Erected by David Pokteus in memory of his brother
Thomas PoRif.us who deceased July the 4th 1801 aged
0-1 Also his wife Anne Porteus who deceased

February the 13th 1804 aged 48 yrs.

Here Heth the body of John Acheson who deceased
Sept. the 80' h 1801 aged 7G years.

IES

Krrc ! by John Cosgrove in memory of his wife Elen
Cusgrove alias Keon who depd this life June 15th 1801
aged 37 yrs.

Hi re lieth the body of Elizabeth Lane who deceased
Sept. the 4,h 1805, aged 70 years.

Erected to the memory of Mary Buchanan who died the
27''' of April 1809 aged 84. years. Here lies the body of
Ann McDonald who^died March 6th 1837 aged 87 years.

Here He/th the body of John Scott who depd this life
December 15th 1810 aged 55 years.

This stone was erected by John Balfour in memory of
his father Gabriel Balfour who departed this life July

the 2if :>

Sacred to the memory of Sidney Maguire who depd this
life Dee. 20 !l 1812.

1. reeled by David Acheson in memory of Elizabeth
Ach»<«n who dqv1 this life Oct. 21st 1812 aged 40 years.
Also Sr.wN Acheson who depd this life Jany 14th 1843
a&ed 12 years. Also Henry Acheson who depd this life
May 28^-1844 a^ed 31 yrs. And also his father Henry
Achkson who depd this life May 12th 1833 aged 100 years.

GALWAY— KERRY.

3G0

COUNTY GALWAY.

[Nil]

COUNTY KEEKY.

Tralee il)lK\v.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

' This monastery of the. Dominican Order was founded by
Sir John FitzGerald, " of Callan," for Friars Preachers, about the
same time that he built the strong castle of Tralee. And so, as the
castle became for himself and his descendants their chief place of
residence, the abbey was made their place of sepulchre. In 12G0
the Geraldines, with Sir William Denny, Lord Justice [Lord
Lieutenant] of Ireland, and a large force, marched against the
MacCarthys. A great battle took place at Callan, in Limerick,
wherein the English were defeated, and Sir John FitzGerald and
Maurice his son were slain, and being brought to Tralee were
buried there. On the day that the fatal news of the battle reached
Tralee, whilst all was terror and confusion, there was seen on a
turret of the castle a large ape carrying in his arms the infant heir
of the House of Geraldine. However, after bearing him round the
battlements, the ape brought the child down uninjured, and laid him
in the cradle, whence he had taken him, to live to be the greatest
man in the kingdom — Thomas FitzGerald, surnamed u An Appah"
ancestor of the almost regal Houses of Desmond and Kildare. The
foundation of Tralee Abbey is placed by some in the year 1243,
and by others in 1260. Allemande, in his " Monastic History,"
says : " At Tralee there is a Convent of Jacobins [the preaching
friars of St. Dominic were so called] , founded in the year 1213 by
the Geraldines."

' In 1587 Queen Elizabeth granted the Tralee portion of the
Desmond Estates to Sir Edward Denny, Knt. Bant., Groom of
Her Majesty's Privy Chamber, and Governor of Kerry and Desmond,
for his services in the Irish and Spanish 'Wars. The grant included
the " site of the dissolved friary of Tralee, with the appurtenances "
in County Kerry, and the advowsons of the livings belonging to it,
with the impropriate Rectory of Ballynahaglish (Churchill).

' By an Indenture made May 10th, 1G27, Sir Edward Denny,
grandson of the above Sir Edward, " granted to the Provost and
Burgesses of Tralee the circuit and liberty of the abbey, and all
privileged places in the said Borough," on condition that he should
always appoint a town clerk, and he and his heirs to have all the
profits of the same.

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KERRY.

' In 1756, when Smith wrote his " History of Kerry," and
Burgh, the learned author of the " Hibernica Dominicana,"
visited the site, nothing remained of the abhey but the report that it
M formerly had a fair steeple." and a few vaults still standing, with
some tombstones built into the walls of the adjoining houses.

1 Archdeacon Rowan, writing in 1854, mentions that he
remembered having seen in Tralee capitals of delicately carved
cloister-pillars, of what seemed to him to have been early English
style of architecture. There are now preserved in the garden of
the Dominican Priory in Day Place, Tralee, many carved stones
and capitals of pillars, which are believed to have formed part of
the ancient abbey.

1 The following is a list, compiled by Archdeacon Rowan, from
Burgh and other authorities, of some of the principal members of
the Desmond family buried in Tralee Abbey ' : —

A List of the Geraldines and Earls of Desmond interred in

Tralee.

* I. A.D. 1261. John (of Callan), slain at Callan, near Kenmare,
in battle with the MacCarties; buried in the north side.

' II. 12(51. Maurice FitzGerald, slain at same place, and same
time buried with him.

4 111. 12%. Thomas FitzGerald {An Appah), ancestor of the
Houses of Kildare and Desmond; buried in the middle of the
choir.

1 IV. 1355. Maurice (1st Earl of Desmond), the first on whom
Ibh title was conferred by King Edward, 27 August, 1329; who,
dying at Dublin, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was brought to the
Church of Tralee.— Burgh, " Hib. Dom."

* V. 185s. Maurice (2nd Earl), his eldest son and successor,
dying suddenly at Castlemain, was buried in the same place. —
l>urgh.

'VI. 1520. Maurice (10th Earl), called the warlike, died at
Tralee. 1

_ « VII. 1529. James (11th Earl) died at Dingell, 18th January,
1529.

< VIII. 1535. James (13th Earl) slain at Rathkeale in the
County of Limerick by Maurice* Dubh-Mac-an-Earla, or Maurice the
murderer.

'IX. 153G. John (11th Earl), an aged man, and a religious
brother of the convent of Tralee when his son, Maurice-Dubh,
killed his grand-nephew James, the 13th Earl, whereupon he
succeeded to the title, but going the way of all flesh, about
Christmas Day, 1586, was buried in the same church.

'X. 1558. John (15th Earl) buried in the same place.'

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* Burgh, recording his own personal observations of the state of
the ruins of Tralee Abbey in the year 1756, adds :—

' " Although the Dominican Church and Convent of Tralee is
now nearly levelled to the ground, still on the site, or in the streets
running in different directions from it, many sepulchral stones are
yet to be seen, in particular one, showing the effigies of two infant
twins, traditionally said to be children of a Gerald \n Lord."

'Archdeacon Kowan has recorded that once, whilst examining
records in the Manuscript Department of the British Museum, he
discovered amongst the loaves of a volume entitled <k Funeral
Certificates of Ireland" (additional MSS. 4,820) a small, rude
sketch on a loose bit of paper of this identical monument
mentioned by Burgh, with the following note written on it : —

* " The above is found on two monuments of the FitzG'eralds —
sometime Earl of Desmond — lately dug out of the rubbage of
Traly Abbey, by Robert Downinge, Deputy to Sir Richard Carney,
Knight, Ulster King at Arms."

4 This sketch showed, in addition to the figures of the two
children by Burgh, which appear under ornamented canopies, the
figure of a woman with a large cross on the breast, and holding an
open book in the left hand. Also there are shown three heraldic
shields, two of which bear rude representations of the Desmond
Arms ; while the third appears to be that of the Butler family.
A few half-defaced letters read thus ' : —

C. res* XTbomas.

'This would appear to identify the monument with Thomas,
12th Earl of Desmond, who died a.d. 1524, who was married to
Elinor Butler, the daughter of Edmund, Lord Dunboyne, and of
Sheelah McCarthy, daughter of Cormac (Laidir) Muskerry. In
Lodge's " Peerage," Thomas, 12th Earl, is said to have been buried
at Youghal ; and if this be correct, the monument would probably
belong to his infant sons and his Countess. All his children
predeceased him, and he was succeeded by his grandson James as
13th Earl.

* One tombstone from the old Dominican Church, or graveyard,
was built into the lower part of a wall at the side of the door of a
house at the north end of Abbey Street, Tralee.

' The following is an exact copy of the inscription as it appeared
in 1847, and for some twenty years afterwards, except that the
curious contractions in many of the words are represented with full
letters ' : —

Here leyeth the Bodd . .
oe David Roche Esqe Co . .
ncellek att law who
deceased the 18 day of

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V t 'i \M v /
• v \i > .

/ " .- i . \".ir>K-/cn iuv Plsnn/niints tn the*. 4 I' I' * /\rlv |j

OLD SKETCHES OF THE FRAGMENTS OF A
FITZGERALD, EARL OF DESMOND, TOMB,
FORMERLY IN TRALEE ABBEY.

[T/ic photograph of the manuscript in the British Museum has been
obtained for the Journal by Mr. Vcirce G. Mahony, Cork
Herald of Arms."]

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KERRY.

Avgvst Anno Domini
1686 and the Body of
His davghter Mary dec
eased in the year 1685.

« Burgh saw this tombstone in 1754, and concluded from it
that the abbey was yet standing in the reign of James II.'

TrtMMHB Cfiiircli.

[From the Rev. H. L. L. Denny.]

4 A foundation of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John, a branch
of the great hospital at Awney in County Limerick, existed in
Tralee in very early times. Kerry tradition asserts that tbe old
parish church, which was called Teampull a Solais — "the Church
of the Lights," from the custom of keeping a light burning to guide
travellers — was dedicated to St. John. It is fair]y certain that it
was part of the foundation of the Knights of St. John.

* A list of the year 1291 mentions the "Ecclesia de Tragly."
This old church, having been destroyed in the Elizabethan wars,
when the last Earl of Desmond was attainted, a new one was
erected on or beside its site in (it is said) the year 1587, when the
Dcimys succeeded the Desmonds as owners of Tralee. This was
again destroyed in the rebellion of 1641, rebuilt about ten years
later, and demolished once more in 1691 by the Jacobite troops.
The present church, or rather its nucleus, was probably erected in
or about the year 1700. In the middle of the eighteenth century,
when Smith wrote his **■ History, of Kerry," it was " a small, plain,
oblong building." Within living memory it had galleries all
round ; and in the chancel (now the north transept) four square
pews, two on the ground-floor — Denny and Bateman — and two —
Blennerhassett and Chute — in the galleries, with fire-places, and
curtained all aound. These old pews were taken away about 1810;
and at this time the coloured windows of the old chancel (now
the north transept) were placed there by the Denny family.
Subsequently there were erected five coloured windows along the
south wall : — (1) Crosbie, of Ardfert, with arms and inscription
(this was taken down when the present organ was erected) ; (2)
Blennerhassett, with arms and inscription; (3) Spring, with arms
and inscription ; (-1) Denny, with arms and inscription — " Presented
by Anthony Denny, rector, and his brothers Henry and William,
1855 " ; (5) Rowan, with arms and inscription (since taken down).
There wete afterwards two large stained-glass windows put up at
the back of the present galleries, with the arms of Marshal and
Hurly. These were destroyed by a storm, and now only the Hurly
arms remain. The present cruciform church wTus formed by making

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a chancel in the centre of the south wall, and extending the then
north transept. Successive demolitions, restorations, and " improve-
ments " have eliminated practically every trace of antiquity from
the church. There are no really old monuments visible anywhere.

'The gasaliers were presented in memory of the Venerable Arthur
Blennerhassett Kowan, d.d., Archdeacon of Ardfert (only son of
William Rowan, Esq., b.l., Provost of Tralee, and of Letitia, his
wife, daughter of Sir Barry Denny, Bart.), born 1800, died 1861.

' There is a window erected in memory of Arthur Edward Denny
Rowan, son of Archdeacon Rowan, by his Masonic brethren, in
1870.

' A brass tablet in the chancel records that the front portion
of the organ was erected by Francis M'Gillycuddy Denny as a
memorial to his father, the Venerable Anthony Denny, si. a., born
in Tralee Castle, 1st July, 1807 ; Rector of Tralee, 1831-1861 ;
Archdeacon of Ardfert and Rector of Kilgobbin, 1861-1885 ; died
1890.'

Monuments in the Old Chancel, Present North Transept,
and Baptistery.

{ North wall. Coat-of-arms : Azure, three cherubs argent,
divided by a fesse indented argent. Crest : a cherub ; and inscrip-
tion ' : —

In Memory of Elizabeth Banks
Edye the beloved wife of
Capt. Adolphus George Edye
who departed this life
at Ballyard, Tralee
Co. Kerry
Nov. 4, 1857
aged 37.

' Urn, with Denny crest, coat-of-arms, and motto in white
marble on black ground, and on tablet beneath ' : —

Sacred to the Memory of
Rev. Maynard Denny
Rector of the Parish of
Ballynahaglish.
He departed this life
27'h of June 1812
Aged 63 years

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KERRY.

4 Caen stone shrine, on black marble background, inscription on
white marble slab ' : —

In memory of Marianne Arabella
Denny dearly beloved daughter of
William Denny, Esq. who died at
Ballyseedy on the 6th of September
18GG, aged 20 years.

' On the south wall. Caen-stone shrine, shield charged with a
lion rampant ' : —

In memory of Major General
John Day Stokes
Col of 47tl; M. N. I.
who died at Lassinagh
on the 11th Dec. 18G2
in the 60th year of
his age.

« Tablet':—

Sacred to the memory
of

Francis Spring
Capt. in the 24th Eegt.
who died on the 8th July
1857 of wounds received
the previous day- whilst gallantly
leading his men in an en»ao;e-
ment against the Mutineers of
the Bengal Army at Jelum.
This tablet is erected by his
brother officers as a mark of
esteem & resrard.

' On the end wall, caen-stone shrine ' : —

In memory of Marianne the beloved wife of Wm Denny,
Esq., D.L. who died at S< Ann's Hill, Blarney, on the
10th of March, 1861, and of their two sons William
John Cap1 in H.M. 71st Reg1 who died at Queenstown
on the 13th of January 1S(J0, and Edward, C. E., who
died in India on the 1st of April of the same year while
superintending works on the Bombay and Baroda-
Railway.

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366

* In the old chancel stands the most ancient object in Tralee
Church. This is the grey marble font, presented by John Curlestone,
Provost of Tralee, who was one of the burgesses nominated by the
Crown in the original Charter making Tralee a borough in 1613-14.
It consists of an octagonal bowl, standing upon a spirally fluted
pillar, and it bears upon two of the sides of the bowl the following
inscription: — "J. C. Pvost. Akxo Dni 1623." The church was
twice burned over this font.

* The tiled pavement of the old chancel is a memorial to Sir
Edward Denny, Bart., of Tralee Castle, and Elizabeth, his wife,
only child of the Hon. Robert Day, who are buried in the church-
yard of Powick, Worcestershire, in which parish was their English
residence, Kingsend House. Around the edge of the pavement runs
the following inscription : — " Anthony Denny, Eector, and his
brothers Robert and Henry to their Father and Mother."

4 Beneath this, the old chancel is the Denny family vault. The
entrance to it is beneath what was the south wall, outside, and
is marked by a large tablet in the wall bearing the following
inscription ' : —

* The following are the principal members of the Denny family
known or believed to have been interred in this vault : —

' Sir Arthur Denny, of Carrignafely Manor, and Tralee Castle
(eldest son and heir of Sir Edward Denny, Knt. Bant., m.p.,
Gentleman of Queen Elizabeth's Privy Chamber, Governor of Kerry
and Desmond, &e., and of Margaret his wife, daughter of Pierce
Edgcumbe, of Mount Edgcumbe, in Cornwall, Esq.,>i.r., and some-
time Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth) ; born 1584, died at
Carrignafely, near Tralee, 4th July 1010 ; and

* Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Miles, and sister of Sir
Anthony Forest, m.p., of Moreborne. Hunts, who married secondly
Sir Thomas Harris, of Cornworthy, Devon.

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FONT IN TR ALEE CHURCH.

[From a photograph supplied by the Rev, II. L. L. Denny.]

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KERRY.

' Their only son, Sir Edward Denny, of Tralee Castle, baptized
at Bishop's Stortford, Herts, 80th July, 1G05 ; head of the family on
the death, without male issue, of his father's first cousin, Sir Edward
Denny, Baron Denny de Waltham and Earl of Norwich, in 1637 ;
m.p. County Kerry, 1039 ; Governor of the Fortress of Castle Maine,
1641 ; Commanded for King Charles under Ormond in Ireland in
the civil war, and is stated to have died at Ballynaulart, County
Kerry, 1st May, 1616 ; and his wife, Hon. Ruth, daughter of Sir
Thomas Roper, Baron of Bantry and Viscount Baltinglass.

• Their eldest son Sir Arthur Denny of Tralee Castle, born
21st September, 1629 ; m.a., t.c.d., m.p. County Kerry, 1661, one of
the Council of Munster, said to have died at Ballynaulart, County
Kerry, 1st April, 1673 ;

' And his wife, Lady Ellen Barry, daughter of David, Viscount
Buttevant, and Earl of Barrymore ;

[And also, perhaps, Sir Arthur's brother, Captain Edward
Denny, of Castle Lyons, County Cork, and his wife, Lady Catherine
Barry, daughter of the Earl of Barrymore aforesaid.]

' Colonel Edward Denny, of Tralee Castle (eldest son of Sir
Arthur), born 10th February, 1652 ; m.p. County Kerry 1692-99,
Provost of the Borough of Tralee, &c. ; died 1712 ;

' And his wife, Mary, daughter, and eventually (in her issue)
co-heir of Sir Boyle Maynard, m.p., of Curryglass, County Cork.

1 Colonel Edward Denny, of Tralee Castle (eldest son of Colonel
Edward), born 1676 ; m.p. County Kerry 1703-14 ; m.p. Askeaton,
Countv Limerick, 1715-27 ; Provost of the Borough. of Tralee, &c,
died 1727 ;

4 And his wife. Lady Letitia Conlngsby, daughter and co-heir of
Sir Thomas Coningsby, Baron Clanbrassil, and Earl of Coningsby,
who died about 1749.

' Colonel Arthur Denny, of Tralee Castle (eldest son of Colonel
Edward and Lady Letitia), born 1704; m.p. County Kerry, 1727-42;
Provost of the Borough of Tralee, &c, died 8th August, 1742 ;

• And his wife, Lady Arabella FitzMaurice, daughter of
Thomas, 21st Baron and 1st Earl of Kerry, who died 18th March,
1792, aged 84.

' Sir Thomas Denny, of Tralee Castle (brother of Colonel Arthur),
Deputy-Governor of Kerry 1745, and Colonel of the Independent
Regiment of Dragoons, raised in Kerry in that year, Provost of the
Borough of Tralee, &c, died 3rd April, 1761 ;

' And Agnes, his wife, daughter of Colonel John Blennerhassett,
m.p., of Ballvseedy, who died 1779.

' The Rev. Barry Denny, ot Ballyvelly (brother of Sir Thomas),
Treasurer of Ardfert Cathedral, Provost of the Borough of Tralee,
j.p., died September, 1751 :

4 And Jane, his wife, daughter and co-heir of the Rev. Maurice
O'Connor '(by Anne, his wife, daughter and heir of Barry Denny,
Esq., m.p., of Castle Lyons).

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368

'Their son, Sir Barky Denny, Bart., of Tralee Castle, Colonel
of the Tralee Corps Irish Volunteers 1782 ; Major Kerry Militia ;
m.p. County Kerry 1769-7G, 1783-90, 1790-94 ; Provost of the
Borough of Tralee, &c, died on Easter Sunday, May, 1794 ;

1 And Jane, his wife, younger daughter and co-heir of Sir
Thomas Denny, born 28th August, 1758 ; died 30th October, 1811 ;

4 And their son, Si» Barry Denny, Bart., of Tralee Castle, m.p.
County Kerry and High Sheriff, 1794, Major, Kerry Militia; killed
in a duel 20th October, 1794, when about to be raised to the
Peerage with the title of Baron Dunmore.'

Tralee J*arisli Registers.

[From the Eev. H. L. L. Denny.]

* The following are particulars of the earlier Parish Registers now
remaining in Tralee Church, from which a number of leaves and
portions of leaves are missing.

Baptisms.

2 July, 1771—18 July, 1790;
5 Sept., 1791—11 April, 1793;

26 April, 1794—12 May, 1800;

27 April, 1801—22 May, 1802 ;
24 Nov., 1805—26 Oct., 1811.

Marriages.
18 Sept., 1796—4 Feb., 1S02 ;
8 April, 1800—24 Sept., 1810 ;
Nov., 1817.

' Of the Registers of Burials for this period only a few
fragments remain, containing the following records ' : —

Burials.

1805. Nov. Darby Dowd, parish clerk of Tralee, buried in

the Churchyard of Tralee, aged 76 years.

1806. 10th Jan. Christroriia Alton, of Tralee, in the Churchyard

of Tralee.

16th Feb. Joseph Jeficott, of Tralee, in the Churchyard of

Tralee, aged 82 years.
3rd April. Elizabeth Thomson, wife of John Thomson,

buried in Tralee Churchyard, aged 40 years.
13th June. Mary Deane, widow of Serjeant Deane, 9th

Dragoons, buried in Tralee Churchyard, aged

60 years.

16th June. Anne Alton, buried in Tralee Churchyard,
aged 60 years.

369

, KERRY.

1806. 20th July. William, son of Edmund and Honora Hudson,

in Tralee Churchyard, aged 11 months.

1807. 2nd Feb. Anne, daughter of Joseph & Mary JefYcott, town

of Tralee, 2" years.

1808. 17th Jan. Thomas Day. of the Town of Tralee, buried in

the Churchyard of Tralee, aged 76 years.
27th Jan. The Eevd. Edward Day, ll.d., Yicar General of
the United Dioceses of Ardfert & Aghadoe,
and Archdeacon of Ardfert, buried in his family
vault in the Churchyard of Tralee, aged 69
years.

2nJ December. Rev. Edward Day of Beaufort, Rector of
the Union of Kiltalla, aged 32 years, buried in
the familv vault in the Churchyard of Tralee.
1812. 29th June. The Rev. Maynard Denny, of Church Hill,
Rector of Valentia, & Vicar of the Union of
Ballinahaglish, aged 63 years, interred in the
Churchyard of Tralee.

James Day, Rector.

4 The following is a collection of various documentary records
connected with the Church and Parish of Tralee, arranged
chronologically.

4 Extracts from an old manuscript-volume, half diary, half
register, commonly known as the " Denny Family Diary." It
commences with the following entries, written by Sir Edward
Denny (grandson of Sir Edward the grantee of Tralee and the
Seignory of Denny vale in 1587) in a fine clear hand ' : —

" I was marryed in Roper's Rest House to Ruth Roper in Lent
being . . . 1625."

* Ruth Roper was eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Roper, Baron
of Bantry and Viscount Baltinglass, by Anne Harrington, his wife,
Sir Philip Sidney's cousin.

4 Roper's Rest House was the Dublin residence of Lord
Baltinglass. Part of it still remains, and is inhabited. It stands
on a road close to the Wellington Barracks, South Circular Road,
which was known until recently as "Roper's Rest," but is now
called M Donore " or 44 Greenville Avenue." '

4< I finished this Great Castle and came with my mother to
live in itt upon the 22 of December 1627."

♦The Great Castle of Tralee, chief seat of the Earls of
Desmond, had been dismantled 'in the Elizabethan wars, and was
now restored.'

" Margarett Denny was borne the 25th of March 1627, being
Wensday, and died the thursday sevennight after Witsunday being
♦ . . [blank] . . . early in ye morning, her Godmothers were ye

KERRY.

370

Ladye hotmor fitzmorris and my mother the Lady harris, Sir
Valentine Browne her Godfather."

' Honora Fitzmaurice was wife of the 19th Lord Kerry, and
daughter of Sir John FitzGerald of Cloyne. She had, with other
issue, a daughter Margaret, wife of Christopher Eoper, Lord
Teynham, and a son, father of the 1st Earl of Kerry. Sin
Valentine Browne wTas the ancestor of the Earls of Kenmare.'

" Monday the 21st of September 1G29 betwene 11 and 12 o'clock
in the day Arthur Denny was borne, his Godfather was Donogh
O'brian, deputy for the Lord President Sr. W. St. Leger, and David
Earle of Barrymore who was here, his Godmother was my
Mother."

4 Arthur Denny, afterwards Sir Arthur, of Tralee Castle.

' Dokogh O'Brian was grandson of the 1st Earl of Thomond,
and ancestor of the present Lord Inchiquin.'

" The 20th of Nov 1629 my wyfe and I began housekeeping
•in this greate castle."

" Ye 25th of March 1G30 1 began first to read Chapters after
dinner and supper."

"Monday the 15th of November 1630 Ed Denny was borne
between six and seven att night ; his Godfathers were William
Stere, Lorde Bishop of Kerry and Sr Cha. Harris, E*, his
Godmother Mrs. Joane [? Susan] Crosby."

1 This child became afterwards Captain Edward Denny, of
Castle Lyons, County Cork. Sir Charles Harris was grandson of
Sir Thomas Harris, Sir Edward Denny's Stepfather. Joane
Crosby was the younger daughter of Colonel David Crosbie, of
Ardfert. She married Gerard Ryeves.'

"Ye 20th of Aprill 1682 being friday, betweene six and seven of
the clock in the morning, Anthony Denny was borne, Godfathers
Mr. Robert Blennerhassett and Ensigne John Wise, Godmother
Mrs. Ann Baden."

* The child's Godmother was wife of the Dean of Ardfert.'

" Ann Denny was borne uponn Sunday night att one of ye
clocke, the 2Sth Aprill 1633, her Godmothers Mrs. 'Hassett for the
Lady Baltinglas, and Mrs. Stere the Bishop of Kerry's wife ; her
Godfather Sr Walter Crosby."

1 Mrs. 'Hassett was Avice Conway, wife of Robert Blennerhassett,
m.p., Tralee, 1631. Sir Walter Crosby was the eldest son of
Bishop Crosbie, and ancestors of the Crosbies, Baronets.'

"Thomas Denny was borne upon Wednesday morning betwene
nine and tenn o'clock yc 16:h of July 1631 att Roper's Rest House,
Dublin, his Godfathers the Lo Viscount Baltinglass and Sir Charles
Coote, ye Lady tresham his Godmother."

• Sir Charles Coote was the 1st Baronet, ancestor of the Earls
of Mountrath. Lady Tresham was probably a niece or sister of
Lord Baltinglass.'

371

KERRY.

" The 23(l of July 1633, ye Lord Viscount wentwort arrived in
Irland to govern y* Kingdome as Deputy. Many men feare."

" Elizabeth Denny was borne uponn thursday, early in the
morning, about six o'clocke, ye 25tb of february 1635, her God-
mother my mother and my Cossen Martha 'Hassett, her Godfather
Mr Edmund Harrys."

' This child lived to marry in 1654 John Blennerhasset of
Ballyseedy. Martha 'Hassett, was wife of John Blennerhassett of
Ballyseedy, and daughter of George Lynne of Louthwick Hall,
Northants. by Isabella Forest, his wife, sister of Elizabeth (Forest)
Lady Denny.'

''Lucius Denny was borne uponn Wenesday, at break of day,
being the 21s' of June 1637, his godfathers weare the Dean Gray
and Mr tliomas Denny, his godmother Mia Yockly."

' Thomas Denny was the child's gran'uncle being sixth son of Sir
Edward Denny, Knt. Bant., who was younger son of the E* Hon.
Sir Anthony Denny, one of King Henry VIIFs executors, and one
of the Guardians of King Edward YI. Mrs. Yauclier was probably
wife of Capt. Edward Vauclier, an officer of Huguenot descent
serving in the English army in Ireland, who settled in Kerry.'

" William Denny was borne on teusday morning, the 11th of
September 1638, his Godfathers William Sfc Leger and Anthony
Stoughton Esq, the Dean's wife Mrs Grey his Godmother."

' William St Leger was son of Sir Warham S{ Leger, the brother
officer of Raleigh, Gilbert, and Sir Edward Denny in the Elizabethan
wars, and Grandfather of the 1st Yiscount Doneraile.'

"Ruth Denny was borne on Munday the 13th of September
between six and seven o'clock in the morning, 1641, her God-
mother my sister Mary Boper and Mrs Barbara West P?] and
Sr Philip Percivall."

; Sir Philip Perceval, an eminent politican, &c, was ancestor
of the Earl of Egmont.'

1 This is the last entry by Sir Edward Denny, the civil war and
the Irish rebellion having broken out within a couple of months
after he made it.'

' Written on a page of the " Family Diary," in a seventeenth -
century hand ' : —

" 34. Item, at the instance, humble suite and earnest desire of
the general assemblie of the confederate Roman Catholiques, It
is concluded, awarded and agreed upon, that the Boman Catholique
Regular Clergie of this Kingdome behaving themselves conformably
to these articles of peace shall not be molested in the possessions
wch at present they have of monasteries belonging to any Roman
Catholique w:h in the said Kingdome, untill setlem' by parliament,
and the said Clergie shall not be molested in the enjoying of such
possessions as hitherto since the wars they enjoyed for theire
. . . livelyhood from the said Roman Catholiques, and the

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